Phrase guide
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An instance of kicking into the long grass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To postpone action on something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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Synonyms: hit into the long grass, push into the long grass, punt into the long grass, go into the long grass, kick the can down the road
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To hide or conceal a problem in the hope that it will be overlooked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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Synonyms: sweep under the rug
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History
An analogy of kicking a football off the playing field so that it is out of play.
