Go underground
verb phrase
to go into hiding; to operate in secret
Examples
The group of dissidents went underground.
Usage Note
informal
verb phrase
To go into hiding; to operate in secret: the school newspaper went underground/ the persecuted go underground
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verb phrase
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verb phrase To be ruined; be destroyed: He just saw his beautiful scam go up in smoke (1933+) Also, go up in smoke. Be utterly destroyed, as in This project will go up in flames if the designer quits, or All our work is going up in smoke. This idiom transfers a fire to other […]