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go to ground1(Of a fox or other animal) enter its earth or burrow: rabbits evicted from one set of burrows will go to ground elsewhere...- Quite frequently, instead of being caught by the hounds, the fox will go to ground, typically in a fox earth.
- In the U.S. hounds are trained to pursue the fox until it goes to ground (finds cover in one of its holes).
- For instance practices like digging up foxes that have gone to ground and blocking exit holes should not be allowed.
1.1(Of a person) hide or become inaccessible, especially for a long time: he went to ground following the presidential coup...- He was a businessman who arranged for the four to go to ground in a small flat and there they hid for 1,032 days until the liberation in 1945.
- Take this week for instance: I've been absent due to illness - and that's what she did - totally went to ground and recovered in private and stuff.
- Last week, he went to ground in the Alps in advance of Wednesday's crucial meeting with the British Olympic Association and the results of the second test that could seal his fate.
Synonyms hide, hide out, hide oneself, conceal oneself, secrete oneself, shelter, take cover, lie low, go to earth, go underground informal hole up British informal lie doggo See parent entry: ground |