"go into the long grass" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: goes into the long grass [present, singular, third-person], going into the long grass [participle, present], went into the long grass [past], gone into the long grass [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> into the long grass}} 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)
  1. Alternative form of kick into the long grass. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: kick into the long grass
    Sense id: en-go_into_the_long_grass-en-verb-tt8o0sis Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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