"go under" meaning in All languages combined

See go under on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go under.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes under [present, singular, third-person], going under [participle, present], went under [past], gone under [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> under}} go under (third-person singular simple present goes under, present participle going under, simple past went under, past participle gone under)
  1. To descend into a body of water; to founder. Translations (to descend into a body of water): upota (Finnish), untergehen (German), hundirse (Spanish), irse a pique (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-go_under-en-verb-oiBAxpCz Disambiguation of 'to descend into a body of water': 94 2 1 3
  2. (idiomatic) To collapse or fail, e.g. by going bankrupt. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_under-en-verb-hqUsqQGS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (under) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 72 3 18 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (under): 13 58 8 21
  3. (idiomatic) To be named; to call oneself. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to be call oneself): kutsua itseään (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-go_under-en-verb-Df-Oj2fS Disambiguation of 'to be call oneself': 0 0 100 0
  4. To enter a trance, state of hypnosis, etc. Translations (to enter a state of hypnosis): hypnotisoitua (Finnish), mennä hypnoosiin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-go_under-en-verb-mgQB6DAo Disambiguation of 'to enter a state of hypnosis': 4 5 1 90

Inflected forms

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