go under
verb
went under; gone under; going under; goes under
: to be overwhelmed, destroyed, or defeated : fail
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Fashion undeniably takes center stage at London Fashion Week’s Autumn/Winter 2025 collection in the British capital, yet the transformative power of hair often goes under appreciated.
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Pooja Shah, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
In an offseason that saw the Las Vegas Aces trade Kelsey Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks, the Fever may have made some of the shrewdest moves that have gone under the radar.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
The house first went under contract for $1.385 million on July 8, 2020, to Jonathan Schonfeld and Aviva Auslander, with a completion date of Sept. 1, 2020, or at the latest, March 1, 2021.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
A lot of where political satire goes under Trump is defined by the efficiency or inefficiency of his administration.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
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Pooja Shah, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
In an offseason that saw the Las Vegas Aces trade Kelsey Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks, the Fever may have made some of the shrewdest moves that have gone under the radar.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
The house first went under contract for $1.385 million on July 8, 2020, to Jonathan Schonfeld and Aviva Auslander, with a completion date of Sept. 1, 2020, or at the latest, March 1, 2021.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
A lot of where political satire goes under Trump is defined by the efficiency or inefficiency of his administration.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Go under.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20under. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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