GOES UNDER Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

goes under

verb

present tense third-person singular of go under

as in strikes out

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Why the quest will fall short And finally Shohei Ohtani hits three homers and strikes out 10 in Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Perfect Tom strikes out once again, not on the look but on the flavors.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of strikes out

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Fertilizer Because of the frequent watering, which washes out nutrients, potted peppers need more fertilizer than garden plants.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 24 June 2026
If the caffeine has already moved further along, doctors may use a laxative or a gastric lavage, which washes out the stomach through a tube.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026

Definition of washes out

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Companies use self-service technology to cut costs, but risk losing customers when the technology fails without human support.

— Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 10 July 2026
If that fails, the Yankees still have some internal ways of improving their pen, at least theoretically.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026

Definition of fails

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Rather than catching Max in the act that sent him to prison, Sam is Max's public defender who intentionally tanks the case.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
But the lesson from AOL-Time Warner holds that promised big synergies can sour into integration problems that drive up expenses instead, so that the combination of paying a huge price, and getting negative savings, tanks the stock.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 9 May 2026

Definition of tanks

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But public health experts say that misses the deeper problems the outbreak has exposed.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
Dan Coatsworth, head of markets at AJ Bell, noted that AstraZeneca has had far more hits than misses recently, creating high expectations for success.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 July 2026

Definition of misses

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