went under

VERB

fail, submerge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bankrupt drown

WEAK

default die fall fold founder go down sink submerse submit succumb suffocate surrender

Antonyms

WEAK

accomplish achieve succeed

Example Sentences

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Like modern-day companies that merge and re-emerge or fold, some of these schools went under quickly, or moved their bivouacs, or combined forces.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

He searched the archives of an auction in 1940 where part of the looted Goudstikker collection went under the hammer and found item number 92: "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Toon Kelder.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

It fell steadily in the following decade thanks to booming postwar growth, inflation, and rapid reductions in military spending, and it went under 50% by 1957.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

But homes that went under contract in March spent a median of only 19 days on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

A vertical line went under the horizontal line on the right side of the board.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia