go under
verb
went under; gone under; going under; goes under
: to be overwhelmed, destroyed, or defeated : fail
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The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the USA said that Rubtsov had dual Spanish and Russian citizenship and also went under the name of Pablo González.
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
Urinating in a new way wasn’t anywhere near the top of my list of reasons for going under the knife.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 31 July 2024
The unearthed treasure, which went under the hammer on Monday with Stacey’s Auctioneers in the U.K., the BBC first reported, was estimated to sell for between £7,000 and £9,000 (about $8,800 to $11,400); the collector’s item ended up selling for just under the low estimate.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 June 2024
Merger mania sweeps the airline industry post-deregulation, and several carriers are dissolved or go under.
1991: Pan Am stops flying.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 10 July 2024
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
Urinating in a new way wasn’t anywhere near the top of my list of reasons for going under the knife.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 31 July 2024
The unearthed treasure, which went under the hammer on Monday with Stacey’s Auctioneers in the U.K., the BBC first reported, was estimated to sell for between £7,000 and £9,000 (about $8,800 to $11,400); the collector’s item ended up selling for just under the low estimate.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 June 2024
Merger mania sweeps the airline industry post-deregulation, and several carriers are dissolved or go under.
1991: Pan Am stops flying.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 10 July 2024
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“Go under.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20under. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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