go underground
idiom
: to start working in secret
The political party went underground after the new government took power.
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The chances are that those clients and patients will simply go underground with their AI usage.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The caveat to Anaheim’s work, though, is that other larger regional transmission lines owned by Southern California Edison still go through the hills, Lyster said, and whether those one day go underground is ultimately up to SCE.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
The feelings, then, go underground (even if the siblings are close) showing up later in adulthood.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Since then, thousands of his supporters have been jailed, and many party leaders have been forced to defect or go underground.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The caveat to Anaheim’s work, though, is that other larger regional transmission lines owned by Southern California Edison still go through the hills, Lyster said, and whether those one day go underground is ultimately up to SCE.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
The feelings, then, go underground (even if the siblings are close) showing up later in adulthood.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Since then, thousands of his supporters have been jailed, and many party leaders have been forced to defect or go underground.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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“Go underground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20underground. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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