Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go bush

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: go bush
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To abandon one's normal surroundings and live in the bush; to flee into the bush; to revert to a feral nature

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

Example Sentences

"Taika Waititi and Sam Neill talk about going bush in the director’s latest childhood adventure, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople."
"Groote riot: Police fear those responsible for deaths may have gone bush and be difficult to locate"
"Kitty was now living at Pan Quee's station in Humpty Doo with her Aboriginal husband Lukana and her father Yuliera. During the war they had all gone bush so as to avoid compulsory evacuation."
"I can't come to you. I'm too weak to ride. I'd have to ride, because for one thing the white-ants have eaten the wheels of my buckboard, and my one cart-horse has gone bush with the brumbies."

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes bush (present, singular) going bush (participle, present) went bush (past) gone bush (participle, past)

Questions

What does go bush mean?: To abandon one's normal surroundings and live in the bush; to flee into the bush; to revert to a feral nature

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