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go to grass

go to grass verb: to be turned out to pasture, especially of a horse too old to work.

Verb

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

  1. To be turned out to pasture, especially of a horse too old to work.
  2. To go into retirement; to rusticate.
  3. (slang) To take a violent fall, especially of a boxer.

Forms of go to grass

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

Questions about go to grass

What does go to grass mean?
Go to grass means to be turned out to pasture, especially of a horse too old to work.
What part of speech is go to grass?
Go to grass is a verb.
What is the past tense of go to grass?
The past tense of go to grass is went to grass.

Words near go to grass in the dictionary

  1. go to blazes
  2. go to Cain's
  3. go to Canossa
  4. go to earth
  5. go to extraordinary lengths
  6. go to grass
  7. go to great lengths
  8. go to ground
  9. go to Halifax
  10. go to heck
  11. go to hell

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