go bush Definition

bush¹
noun bushes

1. A low woody perennial plant, especially one having many separate branches originating at or near ground level. See also shrub¹.

Thesaurus: shrub, hedge, plant, thicket.
2. Wild uncultivated land covered with shrubs or small trees, and ranging from open countryside to forest, especially in semi-arid regions of Africa, Australia or New Zealand.

Thesaurus: backwoods, woodland, brush, wilds, outback, wilderness.
Form: the bush (usually)
3. Something like a bush, especially in thickness, shape or density.

Example: a bush of hair

Idiom: beat about the bush

See under beat.

Idiom: go bush

To go off into the bush.

To leave town or one's usual haunts; to disappear.

To abandon civilized life, or start living rough.

Etymology: 13c: from Norse buskr; some uses are from Dutch bosch.