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词组 go under
释义
Idiom
go under
Theme: FAILURE
to fail.
The company was weak from the start, and it finally went under.Tom had a lot of trouble in school, and finally he went under.
Phr V
go under
goes, going, went, gone
go under
to sink below the surface of the water
The ship went under just minutes after the last passenger had been rescued.
if a company or business goes under, it fails financially
The government has refused any financial assistance to stop the company from going under.Thousands of small businesses went under during the recession.
phrasego under1. go under if a company or business goes under, it has to close because it does not make enough money to continue: Many restaurants go under in their first year. The business went under, and then his wife left him. SIMILAR TO: go bankrupt2. go undergo under sth to become unconscious, because you have been given an anaesthetic (=a drug used by doctors to stop you from feeling pain): The nurse injected something into my arm, and I immediately felt myself going under.3. go under to sink below the surface of the water: We watched from the lifeboat as the great ship finally went under.

go under

1. To physically move beneath something. After you go under the bridge and make a right, you'll see the store up ahead.
2. To fail or become defunct. Our company will go under if we lose money again this quarter.
3. To become unconcious, as from anesthesia. After you go under, you'll wake up in the recovery room.
4. To become submerged. Captain, if this boat takes on any more water, it'll go under!

go under

 (someone or something)
1. to pass beneath someone or something. The boats went under us as we stood on the bridge. The boat went under the bridge.
2. to belong beneath someone or something. That box goes under the bed. All the Christmas presents go under the tree after the children are asleep.

go under

 
1. to sink beneath the surface of the water. After capsizing, the ship went under very slowly. I was afraid that our canoe would go under in the rapidly moving water.
2. Fig. [for something] to fail. The company went under exactly one year after it opened. We tried to keep it from going under.
3. Fig. to become unconscious from anesthesia. After a few minutes, she went under and the surgeon began to work. Tom went under and the operation began.

go under

1. Suffer defeat or destruction; fail. For example, We feared the business would go under after the founder died. [Mid-1800s]
2. Lose consciousness. For example, Ether was the first anesthetic to make patients go under quickly and completely. This usage dates from the 1930s.
3. Submerge, sink, as in This leaky boat is about to go under.

go under

v.
1. To move to a place beneath something: The dog went under the table.
2. To sink or descend below the surface: The divers went under three times that afternoon. The ship leaked so badly that it finally went under.
3. To fail. Used especially of businesses and enterprises: That big department store went under last year because of the fire.
4. To suffer defeat or destruction: The enemy went under after a long battle.
5. To lose consciousness: The surgeons gave me a strong anesthetic, and I quickly went under.

gone under

verb
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