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went into the long grass

went into the long grass is the simple past 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 went into the long grass

What is went into the long grass the simple past of?
Went into the long grass is the simple past of go into the long grass.

Words near went into the long grass in the dictionary

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

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