gone to ground
Vanished from sight
Gone to ground means hidden away or in concealment, especially to avoid detection or pursuit.
The phrase comes from fox hunting, where a fox goes to ground by retreating into its burrow.
Someone who has gone to ground is lying low, often deliberately avoiding contact: The witness has gone to ground since the threats began.
After the scandal broke, the CEO went to ground for weeks.
- disappearPass from visibility
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- hidingStaying out of sight
- lying lowRemaining unnoticed deliberately
- evadingSkillfully keeping away from
on the run · vanish · lay low · absconding · off the grid · deep cover · hunted · burrow · foxhole · fugitive · flee · in hiding · bolt-hole · concealing · cover your tracks · covert · manhunt · fox hunt
- foxhuntingfoxhound, foxhounds, tally ho, tally-ho, huntsman
- hunting callsturkey call, duck call, deer call, goose call, coyote call
gone to groundout in the open
Visible to everyone
in plain sight · exposed · visible · on display · in the spotlight
gone to groundcome out swinging
Begin with aggressive force
on the offensive · surfaced · active · emerged · engaged
gone to groundaccessible
Able to be reached
reachable · contactable · available · at hand · on call
gone, going, goer, goers, ground, grounds, grounded, grounding, groundless