Synonyms for go under
go un·der

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1. go under

   Synonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, surrender

   Antonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

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1. sink, settle, go down, go underverb

   go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

   Synonyms:
   settle, square up, dip, make up, patch up, nail down, drop down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, decline, lapse, slide down, descend, come down, root, determine, crash, steady down, subside, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, wane, get back, pass, bury, adjudicate, conciliate, decide, drop, resolve, locate, fall off, go by, set, finalize, slump, take root

2. set, go down, go underverb

   disappear beyond the horizon

   "the sun sets early these days"

   Synonyms:
   plant, settle, descend, dress, place, prepare, mark, put, localize, go by, coiffe, fix, sink, fructify, gear up, go down, jell, come down, decline, position, arrange, crash, define, specify, lay, correct, countersink, do, determine, coiffure, wane, lay out, coif, ready, set up, congeal, sic, fall, limit, set, typeset, adjust, rig, pose, localise

3. go by, go underverb

   be called; go by a certain name

   "She goes by her maiden name again"

   Synonyms:
   go along, lapse, slip away, surpass, go down, set, elapse, settle, travel by, sink, glide by, go past, slide by, pass, slip by, go by, pass by

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1. Pierre Png:

   I was made to go under a very strict diet and to train under a personal trainer. I am, by nature, on the scrawny side, i had to bulk up within a short time -- three weeks.

2. Jason Glassberg:

   All it would take is to keep up this level of pressure on Sony, its employees, executives, business partners and talent for the foreseeable future and then I think you could actually see something as big as Sony Pictures go under, estimates are pegging (losses) at over $100 million, but that is before the inevitable lawsuits from everyone. Plus the damage to the reputation to the brand is almost incalculable, then there’s also the cost for providing ID theft protection to 50,000 current and former employees, etc. These hackers could target more Sony projects and divisions down the road, making the cost of damage significantly worse.

3. Crispin Sinclair:

   The main feature is the safety cage with the seatbelt, and the idea is that it's wide enough that it won't go under the side of a lorry, of a modern bus or lorry, so it gets pushed away instead, and also if you're hit by a car it's effectively the same as a car roll cage. It's also got on the final version wing mirrors, indicators, hazard flashers, and a loud horn.

4. Armen Gasparyan:

   If banks from the top 30 get into trouble, the government will have to save them at any price, it would be very painful for such a bank to go under, as it could spark a crisis of confidence in which the population withdraws deposits en masse and interbank lending rates spike.

5. Oregon Distance runner Kara Goucher:

   I would welcome that opportunity for myself, for every former Oregon Project member, for every doctor that has been involved, to go under oath.