kick into touch meaning: definition, quotations

kick into touch

verb

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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.

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.
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?2012 October 29, Barney Ronay, “Is the Premier League becoming racist again?”, in The Guardian: