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go underground



VERB
hole up
Synonyms


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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 who are in public opposition to the regime are being encouraged to go underground.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025

Police sent to the mine have taken a cautious approach and not launched an operation to go underground and confront miners who might be holding others.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

And when levels advance and get darker and go underground, the music — a spacious, slap bass sound — gets more patient, prodding players to be more careful in their timing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2023

“Fiver, why not do as I say? Have a meal on those roots and then go underground and sleep. You’ll feel all the better for it.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams