go underground
Example Sentences
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"We're not saying we should not go underground," he insisted.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
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
The raids have prompted some to go underground and leave their world out of fear of being arrested.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
With the Oklahoma City bombing and Timothy McVeigh, many militia movements go underground and become less publicly visible, and focus way less on sheriffs.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024
I’m gettin’ like the New York Post. “—but you know they’re still doing it. Stoppin’ ’em just made ’em go underground.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
