get to grass

== English == === Verb === get to grass (third-person singular simple present gets to grass, present participle getting to grass, simple past got to grass, past participle (UK) got to grass or (US) gotten to grass) (mining) To leave a mine and get to the surface, particularly to escape an underground disaster. 1896, George Manville Fenn, Sappers and Miners; The Flood beneath the Sea, chapter 42, “Mining Matters”: “Come along. No fear of the water coming in, or I'd soon say let's get to grass.” 2003, Tom Bliss, song “The Silverlode of Sark”, from album Downhill All the Way: But love was no protection in the terror and the dinWhen the island gave its answer, the day the sea broke inI heard the shouted warning, I tried to get to grassBut the ladders jammed with miners, there was no room to passI never was a sailor but I met a sailor's deathNinety feet below the ocean, I drew that dying breath