Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go underground

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
go un-der-ground
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.

Canadian usage; American usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To withdraw from public view or to seclude oneself, particularly to avoid detection or scrutiny by the authorities, members of the media, or other interested parties.

Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

go to ground

Frequently Paired Words

go to ground incommunicado

Questions

What does go underground mean?
To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.

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