go into the long grass

verb

Synonym of kick into the long grass.

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Meanings

verbgo 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)

present singular third person goes into the long grass · participle present going into the long grass · past went into the long grass · participle past 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

    Synonyms: kick into the long grass

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of kick into the long grass.

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Cite this entry
APA

go into the long grass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20into%20the%20long%20grass

MLA

“go into the long grass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20into%20the%20long%20grass. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go into the long grass,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20into%20the%20long%20grass.

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