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go to earth

go to earth verb: of a hunted animal, to hide underground.

Verb

go to earth (third-person singular simple present goes to earth, present participle going to earth, simple past went to earth, past participle gone to earth)

  1. (UK) Of a hunted animal, to hide underground.
  2. (UK, broadly, figuratively) Of a person, to hide from someone or something, to escape.

Forms of go to earth

third-person singular presentgoes to earth
present participlegoing to earth
pastwent to earth
past participlegone to earth

Questions about go to earth

What does go to earth mean?
Go to earth means of a hunted animal, to hide underground.
What part of speech is go to earth?
Go to earth is a verb.
What is the past tense of go to earth?
The past tense of go to earth is went to earth.

Words near go to earth in the dictionary

  1. go to bed with the chickens
  2. go to bed with the sun
  3. go to blazes
  4. go to Cain's
  5. go to Canossa
  6. go to earth
  7. go to extraordinary lengths
  8. go to grass
  9. go to great lengths
  10. go to ground
  11. go to Halifax

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