let the grass grow round one's feet

present singular third person lets the grass grow round one's feet · participle present letting the grass grow round one's feet

1. alternativeAlternative form of let the grass grow under one's feet.

   It was late in the evening, and he could not let the grass grow round his feet.

   2014, Lucien Nzeyimana, End of Upsetting Games, →ISBN, page 113

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   Abraham Lincoln is admired because "he did not sit down and let the grass grow round his feet. He was the kind of man that finished the work he started."

   1919, Popular Educator - Volume 37, page 49

   We must not let the grass grow round our feet, and it is far worse to contemplate going backwards

   1954, Transport Salaried Staff Journal - Volumes 51-52, page 449

   Keep yourself a-movin' on, And you'll find that things will move along! Don't let the grass grow 'round your feet!

   2000, Down in the Dumps, →ISBN, page 12