come under

phrasal verb

came under; come under; coming under; comes under

1

: to be subjected to (something)

The troops were resting when they suddenly came under attack.

Many people feel that their civil rights are coming under threat.

The school is coming under pressure to change its policies.

2

: to be affected, controlled, or influenced by (something)

an area that has come under the control of rebel forces

He was 30 years old when he first came under the care of a psychiatrist.

areas that come under his authority

3

—used to identify the group or category that something belongs to

These matters come under the heading of classified information.

Examples of come under in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The city of Fastiv in the Kyiv region also came under drone attack for the second time in a day. —Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2025

Nuclear has long come under fire by environmentalists due to radioactive waste and disasters like Chernobyl. —Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025

An early but interesting development in the three-way contest is that Minogue has come under fire from Shortsleeve and Kennealy for apparently appearing to distance himself from the GOP. —Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 6 Dec. 2025

Ten regions came under fire, according to Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko. —David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for come under

• asunder
• blunder
• bunder
• funder
• plunder
• sunder
• thunder