go under

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === go under (third-person singular simple present goes under, present participle going under, simple past went under, past participle gone under) To descend into a body of water; to founder. (idiomatic) To collapse or fail, e.g. by going bankrupt. (idiomatic) To die. 1896, Rudyard Kipling, “The Mary Gloster”: Good for a fortnight, am I? The doctor told you? He lied.I shall go under by morning, and—— Put that nurse outside. (idiomatic) To be named; to call oneself. To enter a trance, state of hypnosis, etc. (slang, Australia) To be imprisoned. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === grounde, guerdon, undergo, ungored