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go underground

verb as in hole up

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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

Periodical cicadas look for vegetation surrounding mature trees, where they can mate and lay eggs and then go underground to feast on the roots, said Mount St. Joseph University biologist Gene Kritsky, a cicada expert who wrote a book on this year’s dual emergence.

“It’s very easy for kids to go underground with this,” as kids often hide risky behavior from their parents, Damour says.

Police sent to the mine have taken a cautious approach and not launched an operation to go underground and confront miners who might be holding others.

“NUM calls for the law enforcement agencies in South Africa to intervene and go underground and arrest the hooligans.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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