go under
verb
went under; gone under; going under; goes under
1
: sink entry 1 sense 1a
The ship went under in the storm.
2
: to be overwhelmed, destroyed, or defeated : fail
The company went under during the recession.
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The late 1990s buildout of fiber-optic networks, in which companies spent billions to pull dark fiber across continents and under oceans, saw borrowers like WorldCom, Global Crossing, and others go under.
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
Army veteran Naomi Sawyer can go under the sea with sharks.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Perron never had a consistent home in the team’s lineup but played extremely well on the Senators’ fourth line with Lars Eller and Nick Cousins before going under the knife for surgery.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
If the funds go under, then similarities to 2007 would be more obvious.
—Edward Harrison, Bloomberg, 4 Mar. 2026
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
Army veteran Naomi Sawyer can go under the sea with sharks.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Perron never had a consistent home in the team’s lineup but played extremely well on the Senators’ fourth line with Lars Eller and Nick Cousins before going under the knife for surgery.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
If the funds go under, then similarities to 2007 would be more obvious.
—Edward Harrison, Bloomberg, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Go under.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20under. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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