goes under

Definition of goes undernext
present tense third-person singular of go under

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for goes under
Verb
  • Perfect Tom strikes out once again, not on the look but on the flavors.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While the midnight sun washes out celestial colors during summer in places like Alaska and Finland, the Midwest's summer nights stay dark enough to enjoy the dancing ribbons in a T-shirt and shorts.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Sky glow happens when light reflects off haze and dust particles in the air, creating a diffuse glow that washes out the night sky.
    Harold Wallace, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The state’s latest energy plan fails to recognize and remedy this and portends a bleak, costly energy future, not to mention more pollution and higher health care costs.
    Anshul Gupta, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Holly added that any topic related to her wedding never fails to bring tears to her father's eyes.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Kayshon Boutte is day-to-day with a hamstring injury, which means New England could push Stefon Diggs outside if Boutte misses any time, allowing Douglas to get more run out of the slot against the Buccaneers this week.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Saito always misses his cats while hiking.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Doing something that is sold as socially progressive, but ends up benefiting big-money donors, and then wrapping it up in so much regulation and taxation that the policy collapses under its own weight—how dysfunctionally California is that?
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Trump seems to imagine a hierarchical system dominated by a single capo whose removal collapses the organization—a model rooted in the 1980s.
    Javier Corrales, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Goes under.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goes%20under. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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