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go under
verb
(also preposition) to sink below (a surface)
to founder or drown
to be conquered or overwhelmed
the firm went under in the economic crisis
Idioms and Phrases
Suffer defeat or destruction; fail. For example, We feared the business would go under after the founder died . [Mid-1800s]
Lose consciousness. For example, Ether was the first anesthetic to make patients go under quickly and completely . This usage dates from the 1930s.
Submerge, sink, as in This leaky boat is about to go under .
Example Sentences
His father was an accountant until the company where he worked went under on Black Monday, the stock market crash of 1987, and then went into the restaurant business.
Two World Cups have come and gone under Townsend.
After cutting the price, they went under contract three times, but each successive buyer backed out before closing.
The existence of a second golden toilet was later revealed, and went under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York City on Tuesday.
Some of Jim Henson's most memorable creations go under the hammer in California next week, with the first US auction of puppets and memorabilia from the late entertainer's decades-long career.
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