Under
//ˈʌndə//
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The word "under" can be used as preposition, adverb, adverb, adjective, noun and adjective.
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Ascott-under-Wychwood Ashton under Hill Ashton-under-Lyne Barton-under-Needwood Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard Boughton under Blean Eaton-under-Heywood Hope under Dinmore Milton-under-Wychwood Newcastle-under-Lyme Preston-under-Scar Shipton-under-Wychwood Simple Simon under Stanton under Bardon Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe Weston under Penyard Weston-under-Lizard Weston-under-Redcastle Wotton-under-Edge am I under arrest bag under one's eye bag under the eye bob under bring under brush something under the carpet brush something under the rug bubble under buckle under build a fire under burr under one's saddle buy out from under chicken under a brick come under cut the ground from under someone's feet cut under device under test dive-under double-under down under draw a line under drink someone under the table drink under drink under the table driving under the influence everything under the sun fall under five-and-under fly under the radar fly-under flyunder get out from under get under it get under one's goat get under someone's goat get under someone's skin go under have had one's day under the sun hide one's light under a bushel hot under the collar interview under caution keep under knock under knuckle under land down under land under let the grass grow under one's feet light a fire under live under a rock lock under look under rocks monster under the bed nothing new under the sun one can't carry two watermelons under one arm one under over and under over-and-under over-under pass under the yoke patient under investigation person under train plough under plow under pop-under pull the rug out from under push under put one's legs under someone's mahogany put someone under put someone under the screw put under red under the bed sail under false colors sell out from under sit under six feet under sleep under the same bridge slip under slip under the radar snow under snowed under squeeze under stand from under stand under suck under sweep something under the carpet sweep something under the rug take under take under advisement take-under talk someone under the table the darkest place is under the candlestick there is nothing new under the sun throw under a bus throw under the bus time under tension triple-under turn under under a cloud under a lucky star under a spell under and over under arms under arrest under boob under canvas under center under clothes under construction under control under correction under cover under erasure under fire under glass under ground under hack under hatches under lock and key under no circumstance under no circumstances under oath under one roof under one's arm under one's belt under one's breath under one's feet under one's hand under one's hat under one's own steam under one's thumb under one's very eyes under one's very nose under one's wing under over under pain of under par under protest under sail under seal under someone's nose under someone's roof under square under the auspices of under the bootheel of under the breath under the carpet under the cosh under the counter under the covers under the gun under the hammer under the hood under the illusion under the impression under the influence under the jail under the knife under the lee under the loupe under the magnifying glass under the mahogany under the microscope under the pump under the radar under the rose under the rug under the rule under the saya under the sheets under the spotlight under the stars under the sun under the surface under the table under the weather under the wire under the yoke under tow under water under way under weigh under wraps under-accommodate under-accommodated under-accommodating under-accommodation under-approximate under-approximation under-attend under-attended under-awed under-carter under-diversification under-diversify under-dose under-educated under-endowed under-extension under-eye under-eye bag under-fired under-grounder under-handed under-handedly under-handedness under-hedging under-kimono under-manager under-oxygenated under-petticoat under-punctuation under-represent under-representation under-represented under-resourced under-ripe under-sergeant under-served under-spur-leather under-stander under-steward under-tenant under-the-counter under-the-table under-trial underachieve underage underarm undercurrent undercut underground underhanded underling underneath underrate underreport underthigh undertow underwater underworld up and under up-and-under voice-under water under the bridge
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.