up country

Example Sentences

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"My Sat Nav took me all up country roads. I stopped a guy in the narrowest lane I've ever been down," he told BBC Radio Somerset.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

And he wrote with Nashville songwriters — people that grew up country that literally know how to speak the language that can walk him through it.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

“When my household staff packed my suitcase for my first trip up country, I freaked out, too. I’m not used to others touching my things.”

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

Haley Jr.: Back when he was growing up, country music was known as “hillbilly” or “Western.”

From Fox News • Dec. 13, 2019

This day I’m off up country to the orchards.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer