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went to earth

went to earth is the simple past 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 went to earth

What is went to earth the simple past of?
Went to earth is the simple past of go to earth.

Words near went to earth in the dictionary

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

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