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Meaning of kick into touch | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

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

Suomi sysätä syrjään
Français botter en touche noyer le poisson

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

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

kick it kick like a mule kick loose kick off kick on kick one's feet up

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