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going into the long grass

going into the long grass is the present participle and gerund of go into the long grass.

Meaning of go 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

Questions about going into the long grass

What is going into the long grass the present participle and gerund of?
Going into the long grass is the present participle and gerund of go into the long grass.

Words near going into the long grass in the dictionary

  1. going in unto
  2. going in with
  3. going into
  4. going into detail
  5. going into one's shell
  6. going into the long grass
  7. going it
  8. going it alone
  9. going left
  10. going like a dream
  11. going long

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