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Definition of Go under

1. Verb. Go under,. "They go under "; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

2. Verb. Disappear beyond the horizon. "The moon will soon go under "; "The sun sets early these days"

3. Verb. Be called; go by a certain name. "She goes by her maiden name again"

Definition of Go under

1. Verb. to descend into a body of water ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) to be named, to call oneself ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic) to go bankrupt, to collapse ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Go Under

go to someone's head go to the dogs go to the ends of the earth go to the mat go to the mattresses go to the polls go to the wall go to town go to war go to work

go together go too far go tos go under (current term) go up go up against go up in smoke go upstairs go west go with

go with someone go with the flow go without go without saying go wrong go yard goa

Literary usage of Go under

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"It will go under, if necessary; but no influence shall induce it to seal its own condemnation and declare itself to have been in the wrong. ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"I saw him go under the car to j)Ut the rods under there, and never paid any more attention until I heard somebody halloo. This attracted my attention, ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1867)
"... there is a remarkable and undistinguishable resemblance to numerous moving bodies which go under the name of Infusoria, and which may be found, ..."

4. Proceedings in the Senate on the Investigation of the Charges Preferred by Horace G. Prindle, New York (State). Legislature Senate (1874)
"... after paying the specific legacies, so that there was nothing to go under the residuary clause of the will ? A. Yes, sir; after paying all debts, ..."

5. An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay: An Equestrian by Martin Dobrizhoffer (1822)
"OF THOSE WHO go under THE NAME OF SPANISH SOLDIERS IN PARAGUAY. WHENEVER I make mention of the Paraguay- nan soldiers, do not imagine that I am speaking of ..."

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