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go into the long grass

go into the long grass verb: synonym of kick into the long grass.

Verb

go into the long grass (third-person singular simple present goes into the long grass, present participle going into the long grass, simple past went into the long grass, past participle gone into the long grass)

  1. Synonym of kick into the long grass.
    • Smith warned that if Phase 5 "went into the long grass, we would have to redo" the monitoring work completed to date.2025 February 19, David Stubbings, “Final phase of South West rail resilience unfunded”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 7

Synonyms of go into the long grass

Forms of go into the long grass

third-person singular presentgoes into the long grass
present participlegoing into the long grass
pastwent into the long grass
past participlegone into the long grass

Questions about go into the long grass

What does go into the long grass mean?
Go into the long grass means synonym of kick into the long grass.
What part of speech is go into the long grass?
Go into the long grass is a verb.
What is the past tense of go into the long grass?
The past tense of go into the long grass is went into the long grass.

Words near go into the long grass in the dictionary

  1. go in unto
  2. go in with
  3. go into
  4. go into detail
  5. go into one's shell
  6. go into the long grass
  7. go it
  8. go it alone
  9. go it blind
  10. go it, ye cripples
  11. go it, you cripples

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