go under[verb]Synonyms: fall, go down, submit, succumb, surrender, sink, founder, submerge, submerse
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
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. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲