go into the long grass
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[edit]go into the long grass (third-person singular simple present goes into the long grass, present participle going into the long grass, simple past went into the long grass, past participle gone into the long grass)
- Alternative form of kick into the long grass.
- 2025 February 19, David Stubbings, “Final phase of South West rail resilience unfunded”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 7:
- Smith warned that if Phase 5 "went into the long grass, we would have to redo" the monitoring work completed to date.