go under

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar afundar abaixo da superfície da água ou, em sentido figurado, fracassar ou ir à falência.

A phrasal verb used to indicate sinking beneath the surface of water, or metaphorically, to fail or become bankrupt.

incontável · verbo irregular · intransitivo · phrasal, sem objeto

1. Sink below the surfaceformal

   To sink or be submerged beneath the surface of a liquid, especially water.

   Afundar

   • The ship went under after hitting an iceberg.
   • He watched the boat go under in the storm.
   • The swimmer went under for a moment before resurfacing.

   Sinônimosdivefoundergo downplungesinksubmerge

   Antônimosemergefloatrisesurface

2. Fail financiallyinformal

   To become bankrupt or fail as a business.

   Falir

   • Many small businesses went under during the recession.
   • The company went under due to poor management.
   • They feared their startup would go under without more funding.

   Sinônimoscollapsefailfold

   Antônimosflourishprospersucceedthrive

Verbo basego