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Definition kick something into the long grass in British English

kick something into the long grass phrase

phrase
1

to react to a difficult problem by doing something to make sure that people will forget about it rather than trying to solve it

Example

The decision to kick the proposals into the long grass could come back to haunt all three party leaders.

Definition kick something into the long grass in British English