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Go under

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To descend into a body of water; to founder.

    "The boat was too heavy and went under."

  2. 2
    be called; go by a certain name wordnet
  3. 3
    To collapse or fail, e.g. by going bankrupt. idiomatic

    "In the crisis, the company was forced to reduce its costs in order to avoid going under."

  4. 4
    disappear beyond the horizon wordnet
  5. 5
    To die. idiomatic

    "If we don't get him to a doctor, he'll go under for sure."

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  1. 6
    go under wordnet
  2. 7
    To be named; to call oneself. idiomatic

    "He goes under the name of Mr X to remain anonymous."

  3. 8
    To enter a trance, state of hypnosis, etc.

    ""But I went under nicely and I am glad there were some fine materializations.""

  4. 9
    To be imprisoned. Australia, slang

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