kick into touch

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kick into touch

verb kicks into touch · kicking into touch · kicked into touch · kick to touch

  1. UK 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. Ireland, UK, 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.

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verb rugby

Françaisbotter en touche

verb evade an issue

Françaisbotter en touche, noyer le poisson

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@misc{kick_into_touch_2026,
  title = {kick into touch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kick%20into%20touch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}