kick into the long grass
kick into the long grass · kicks into the long grass · kicked into the long grass · kicking into the long grass
To postpone action on somethingTo postpone action on something.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To postpone action on something.
(idiomatic, transitive)To hide or conceal a problem in the hope that it will be overlooked.
Origin
An analogy of kicking a football off the playing field so that it is out of play.An analogy of kicking a football off the playing field so that it is out of play.
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Forms
kicks into the long grass, kicking into the long grass, kicked into the long grass, kicked into the long grass| Base form | kick into the long grass · to kick into the long grass |
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| 3rd person singular | kicks into the long grass |
| Present participle | kicking into the long grass |
| Past simple | kicked into the long grass |
| Past participle | kicked into the long grass |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | kick into the long grass |
| he, she, it | kicks into the long grass |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | kicked into the long grass |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have kicked into the long grass |
| he, she, it | has kicked into the long grass |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will kick into the long grass |
Synonyms
6 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.