go into the long grass en · VERB
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gone into the long grass | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| goes into the long grass | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| went into the long grass | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| going into the long grass | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |