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kick into touch (三人称単数 現在形 kicks into touch, 現在分詞 kicking into touch, 過去形および過去分詞形 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?