From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgo to groundgo to groundBritish EnglishHIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEE to make it hard for people to find you The man has gone to ground since his photograph was published in a national newspaper. → ground
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go to ground• I'd gone to ground so the culprit could not have known of my presence.• The dead man's brother has gone to ground.• After flying into a military airport in a private jet, he went to ground.• Let any crook try to find me, I said to myself, when I go to ground in Uulaa-la.• Also they are very severe on the second man going to ground. 