Go to ground

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted. UK, especially, intransitive

    "The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground."

  2. 2
    To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one. broadly, idiomatic

    "It was more than enough for my fugitives to clear out of the Lausanne station and make some new move, to hide away in an out-of-the-way spot, go to ground in fact, or travel in another direction."

  3. 3
    To fall to the ground, lose one's footing, come off one's feet, whether by design, accident, or foul UK, intransitive

    "There can never have been a more blatant voluntary tackle than the way the Saints captain Chris Joynt went to ground on the penultimate play of the game, to deny Bradford any chance of regaining possession after Sean Long's drop goal 30 seconds or so earlier."

  4. 4
    (of the ball) to touch the ground; to be dropped UK, intransitive

    "Ireland get the next put in. They could, and probably should, put the screws on the US now as their fitness and technique begins to tell. [...] Instead, the ball goes to ground as it wings its way down the Irish line. It doesn't go forward though, so they keep on pushing up the pitch."

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