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go underground



VERB
hole up
Synonyms


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"We're not saying we should not go underground," he insisted.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Not so good for the screenwriters and true-crime podcasters who trade on our strange fascination with bad guys who go underground and stay there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

Others suggested that the trade could go underground.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025

With the Oklahoma City bombing and Timothy McVeigh, many militia movements go underground and become less publicly visible, and focus way less on sheriffs.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2024

It was decided that if we were not convicted I would go underground to travel about the country organizing the proposed national convention.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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