go under
— phrasal verb with go uk/ɡəʊ/us/ɡoʊ/verb present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone
(SINK)
to sink:
The ship went under just minutes after the last passenger had been rescued.
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Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
- bail
- bail sth out
- ducking
- go
- ground
- keel
- keel over
- refloat
- resurface
- ride
- ride sth out
- right
- run
- run aground/ashore idiom
- sank
- scuttle
- submerge
- sunken
- unsinkable
- waterlogged
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(FAIL)
If a company goes under, it fails financially:
The charity will go under unless a generous donor can be found within the next few months.
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Success & failure in business
- administration
- axe
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- branch
- branch out
- collapse
- establish
- fold
- foreclose
- growing pains
- joint venture
- liquidator
- locate
- moribund
- official receiver
- organic growth
- receivership
- shut (sth) down
- spin
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