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went under

verb as in fail, submerge

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Boki, a brown bear at Wildwood Trust near Canterbury, Kent, went under the knife on Wednesday in an operation that took five and a half hours - rather than the expected two and a half hours.

From BBC

It also featured in the cover artwork for their debut single and was one of four guitars previously used by Gallagher that went under the hammer during Sotheby’s inaugural popular culture sale.

From BBC

Another man saved his son, but the father went under and his body was later recovered from the water.

Fortunately, the decision to ban the caps was reversed in 2022 after it went under a year of review and discussion with the cap's creators.

From Salon

A note signed by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong had the highest selling price, fetching £22,000 when it went under the hammer.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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