go under
[verb]
Synonyms: fall, go down, submit, succumb, surrender, sink, founder, submerge, submerse

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go under phrasal verb (see also go)

1. if a business goes under, it has to stop operating because of financial problems:
More than 7,000 businesses have gone under in the last three months.

2. to sink beneath the surface of water:
The Titanic finally went under.
She went under, coughing and spluttering.

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go under
to fail
The small company went under after only a few months in business.

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go under
v.
1. To be sunk.
The ship hit an iceberg and went under.
2. To fail; be defeated.
The filling station went under because there were too many others on the street.

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