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gone underground

gone underground is the past participle of go underground.

Meaning of go underground

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.

Questions about gone underground

What is gone underground the past participle of?
Gone underground is the past participle of go underground.

Words near gone underground in the dictionary

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

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