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going to earth

going to earth is the present participle of go to earth.

Meaning of go to earth

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.

Questions about going to earth

What is going to earth the present participle of?
Going to earth is the present participle of go to earth.

Words near going to earth in the dictionary

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

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