Usually means: Seek refuge, hide from danger.
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  1. go to ground: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. go to ground: Collins English Dictionary
  3. go to ground: Wiktionary
  4. go to ground: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. go to ground: Idioms

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  1. go to ground: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (go to ground)

verb:  (intransitive, especially of an animal, chiefly UK) To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.
verb:  (idiomatic, by extension, chiefly UK) To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one.
verb:  (intransitive, sports, chiefly UK) To fall to the ground, lose one's footing, come off one's feet, whether by design, accident, or foul
verb:  (intransitive, sports, chiefly UK) (of the ball) to touch the ground; to be dropped

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