English Explanatory Dictionary

go underground

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.
  2. 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.

Word forms

go underground goes underground going underground went underground gone underground

Related words

go to ground incommunicado
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