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. John Yudichak:

   In the existing statute, evading arrest by operating a vehicle is a crime, struggling with an officer while being placed under arrest is a crime but evading arrest on foot that results in the death of a police officer is not a crime punishable under the current law.

2. Peter Roskam:

   He hasn't complied with the law, so (the Iran review act) isn't triggered because he's not disclosed what's required under the law.

3. Pascal Shelutete:

   The fire is now under control and we are ensuring that climbing activities are not affected.

4. Stephen Bartholomew:

   I don’t want to speculate as to what is or is not happening in this particular situation, but a licensee cannot sell ammunition to anyone under the age of 18 and, importantly, you cannot sell handgun ammunition to individuals under the age of 21.

5. Finnur Johansen:

   I remember the reaction of the birds. They go to sleep. The hen, they go in to hen house, under the perch, and slept there with the head under the wing.