kick into touch

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kick into touch (third-person singular simple present kicks into touch, present participle kicking into touch, simple past and past participle kicked into touch)

  1. (UK, sports) 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.
  2. (UK, Ireland, idiomatic) To evade an issue; to stop from happening.
    It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I'm going to kick it into touch.
    • 2012 October 29, Barney Ronay, “Is the Premier League becoming racist again?”, in The Guardian[1]:
      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?

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