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going to grass

going to grass is the present participle and gerund of go to grass.

Meaning of go to grass

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.

Questions about going to grass

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

Words near going to grass in the dictionary

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

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