To succumb. In the imperative, equivalent to “Go to Jericho.”
a. 1625. Away, good Sampson; you go to grass else instantly.—Beaumont and Fletcher, ‘Little Fr. Lawyer.’ (N.E.D.)
1807. Now he will have to go to grass, as the saying is.—The Balance, Feb. 17, p. 51.
1848. [He said] that he might go to grass with his old canoe, for he didn’t think it would be much of a shower, anyhow!—Durivage and Burnham, ‘Stray Subjects,’ p. 95. (N.E.D.)
1853. If fortune frowns, tell her to go to grass.—Daily Morning Herald, St. Louis, April 16.
1857. Oh! go to grass with your fish stories!—Knick. Mag., l. 588 (Dec.).
1866. “Oh, you go to grass,” said Bill; “I don’t want none of your jokes.”—Seba Smith, ‘’Way Down East,’ p. 291.
