go to earth

English

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, figurative, by extension) Of a person, to hide from someone or something, to escape.
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