"go to ground" meaning in All languages combined

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes to ground",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going to ground",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went to ground",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone to ground",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> to ground"
      },
      "expansion": "go to ground (third-person singular simple present goes to ground, present participle going to ground, simple past went to ground, past participle gone to ground)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 19, in Marie",
          "text": "I heard them on the other bank, and then saw a man on a horse crossing the river, and went to ground like a jackal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "burrow",
          "burrow"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ],
        [
          "hunted",
          "hunted"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, especially of an animal, chiefly UK) To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "especially",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "name": "British English",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 72 13",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1906, Arthur Griffiths, chapter 11, in The Passenger from Calais",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 January 24, Vivienne Walt, “France's $7.2 Billion Hit”, in Time",
          "text": "Kerviel's identity was revealed on the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph websites, but was not confirmed by bank officials, who admitted on Thursday that the rogue trader appeared to have gone to ground and that they had no idea where he was.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one."
      ],
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          "hide",
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        [
          "public",
          "public"
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        [
          "sequester",
          "sequester"
        ],
        [
          "authorities",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "news media",
          "news media"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, by extension, chiefly UK) To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "25 42 33",
          "word": "incommunicado"
        },
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          "_dis1": "25 42 33",
          "word": "go underground"
        }
      ],
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        "UK",
        "broadly",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 5, David Hytner, “Raheem Sterling keeps his cool to see off Iceland amid blaze of late drama”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Iceland hoisted a high ball forward, Gomez lost his bearing and put his hands on the substitute, Hólmbert Friðjónsson, who went to ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall on the floor"
      ],
      "id": "en-go_to_ground-en-verb-Sn0tXvF-",
      "links": [
        [
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          "fall"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To fall on the floor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes to ground",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going to ground",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went to ground",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone to ground",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "incommunicado"
    },
    {
      "word": "go underground"
    }
  ],
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        "British English",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 19, in Marie",
          "text": "I heard them on the other bank, and then saw a man on a horse crossing the river, and went to ground like a jackal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted."
      ],
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        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "burrow",
          "burrow"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ],
        [
          "hunted",
          "hunted"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, especially of an animal, chiefly UK) To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "especially",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1906, Arthur Griffiths, chapter 11, in The Passenger from Calais",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 January 24, Vivienne Walt, “France's $7.2 Billion Hit”, in Time",
          "text": "Kerviel's identity was revealed on the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph websites, but was not confirmed by bank officials, who admitted on Thursday that the rogue trader appeared to have gone to ground and that they had no idea where he was.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one."
      ],
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        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "sequester",
          "sequester"
        ],
        [
          "authorities",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "news media",
          "news media"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, by extension, chiefly UK) To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "broadly",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2020 September 5, David Hytner, “Raheem Sterling keeps his cool to see off Iceland amid blaze of late drama”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Iceland hoisted a high ball forward, Gomez lost his bearing and put his hands on the substitute, Hólmbert Friðjónsson, who went to ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall on the floor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To fall on the floor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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