Meaning of kick into touch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To kick a ball over the touchline in a game of rugby, often to avoid pressure from the opponent team in a difficult situation, to end injury time or to gain territory.
   UK
2. To evade an issue; to stop from happening.
   Ireland, UK, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I'm going to kick it into touch.”

“With referee Mark Clattenburg at the centre of a new racism row, is football once more succumbing to a blight many thought had been kicked into touch?”

CEFR level