submerge

submerge (someone or something) in (something)

1. To place someone or something under the surface of a liquid; to immerse someone or something in some liquid. He submerged the pan in hot, soapy water to help loosen the food and grease that was stuck to it. The doctors submerged the patient in a solution meant to stimulate skin cell growth.
2. To cover someone or something with a liquid, either fully or partially. Used especially in passive constructions. Half the town was left submerged in mud after the hurricane. The entire cave is submerged in water, so we'll need scuba equipment to access it.
3. To obscure, obfuscate, or drowned out something with or through something else. The candidate is very good at submerging criticism in virulent attacks on her opponents. There are worries that recovery efforts will end up being submerged in the violent outbursts between the two countries.
4. To overwhelm, overpower, or overburden someone with something. I just feel like I'm being submerged in responsibilities that I've had no training for or experience with. He's going to put himself in an early grave with the way he submerges himself in his work.
See also: submerge

submerge (someone or something) under (something)

1. To plunge someone or something under the surface of a liquid, especially some body of water. I submerged myself under the surface of the lake to avoid detection by the guards. The heavy winds ended up capsizing the boat and submerging it under the waves.
2. To cover someone or something with a liquid, either fully or partially. Used especially in passive constructions. Half the town was left submerged under mud and debris after the hurricane. The entire cave is submerged under water, so we'll need scuba equipment to access it.
3. To obscure, obfuscate, or drowned out something with or through something else. The candidate is very good at submerging criticism under virulent attacks on her opponents. There are worries that recovery efforts will end up being submerged under the violent outbursts between the two countries.
4. To overwhelm, overpower, or overburden someone with something. Used especially in passive constructions. I just feel like I'm being submerged under all these different responsibilities. You can't start submerging the system under all these layers of complexity and expect it to work as it was originally intended.
See also: submerge
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

submerge someone or something in something

to immerse someone or something in a liquid. The preacher submerged Jeff in the water of the river as part of the baptism ceremony. Submerge the fish in the marinade for at least two hours.
See also: submerge

submerge someone or something under something

to put someone or something below the surface of a liquid. The maid submerged her mistress under the surface of the water for a moment and brought her up and dried her off. They submerged themselves under the surface of the water and had a look around.
See also: submerge
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • submerge (someone or something) in (something)
  • submerge in
  • submerged
  • drip into
  • channel (something) in(to) (something)
  • channel in
  • channeling
  • filter (something) out of (something)
  • liquid refreshment
  • drench with (something)
References in periodicals archive
Submerge: Echo 51 tells the story of Lyte, the lone survivor of a brutal attack by alien forces on the planet Echo, where she has been left for dead and stranded for a hundred years.
VIP Premiere of Fourth Sci-Fi Film by Local Filmmaker Launches "Submerge Weekend"
The furnace charger conduit permits accumulation of a sufficient quantity of scrap material contained above the surface of the molten metal so that when the weight balance between the column of scrap material and the specific gravity of the molten metal is overcome, the column of scrap metal automatically submerges itself further into the bath.
Gravity Furnace Charger Helps Foundries Remelt Scrap at 96-98% Yield
'While transisting, a huge wave caused by M/V Yohan Cruiser battered the motorbanca caused her to subsequently submerge,' the PCG said in a statement.
PCG rescues 22 after motor banca sinks off Surigao City
Floodwaters still continue to submerge villages in Calumpit, Hagonoy, Pulilan, and Paombong in Bulacan even though the recent typhoon "Lando" (now a low pressure area) is currently not bringing rains over the province.
Floods continue to submerge Bulacan
The River Yamuna is threatening to submerge more villages in the region.
Flood continues to wreck havoc in Karnal, Muzaffarnagar
The government hasn't issued any insurance to us so what will we do if our rickshaws submerge in the water," said Guddu, a rickshaw puller.
Flood alert in New Delhi, Yamuna river crosses danger mark
HUNZA, June 02, 2010 (Balochistan Times): The water outflow from Hunza Lake has reached to 1400 cusecs while more than 48 houses of Tehsil Gojaal would submerge in the lake.
Water outflow from Hunza Lake reaches to 1400 cusecs
HUNZA, June 02, 2010 (Frontier Star): The water outflow from Hunza Lake has reached to 1400 cusecs while more than 48 houses of Tehsil Gojaal would submerge in the lake.
Water outflow from Hunza Lake reaches to 1400 cusecs