Meaning of get to grass | Babel Free

Definitions

To leave a mine and get to the surface, particularly to escape an underground disaster.

Examples

““Come⟳ along. No fear of the water coming in, or I'd soon say⟳ let's get⟳ to grass.””

“Men working at deep mines started work⟳ after a long and tiring descent, and near the end⟳ of their shift they held back on their effort, so they would have⟳ enough energy left to “get⟳ to grass.””

“But love⟳ was no protection in the terror and the din When the island gave its answer⟳, the day the sea broke in I heard the shouted warning, I tried to get⟳ to grass But the ladders jammed with miners, there was no room to pass⟳ I never was a sailor but I met a sailor's death Ninety feet below the ocean, I drew that dying breath”

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