go north with the team
v.— «Despite his luscious contract—Caudill made $1,233,000 for his lost season in 1986 and is signed for three more years—he needs to beat people out to go north with the team.» —“Caudill’s forkball a ‘slice’” by Dave Perkins in Dunedin, Fla. Toronto Star (Can.) Feb. 25, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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