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go underground

go underground verb: to escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, US, especially, intransitive) To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.
  2. (Canada, US, broadly, figuratively) To withdraw from public view or to seclude oneself, particularly to avoid detection or scrutiny by the authorities, members of the media, or other interested parties.

Forms of go underground

third-person singular presentgoes underground
present participlegoing underground
pastwent underground
past participlegone underground

Questions about go underground

What does go underground mean?
Go underground means to escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.
What part of speech is go underground?
Go underground is a verb.
What is the past tense of go underground?
The past tense of go underground is went underground.

Words near go underground in the dictionary

  1. go too far
  2. go tos
  3. go towards
  4. go tutti-frutti
  5. go under
  6. go underground
  7. go up
  8. go up against
  9. go up for
  10. go up in flames
  11. go up in smoke

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