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Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did.
Bobby Darin

Meaning of "go under" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GO UNDER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GO UNDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Go under is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb go under in English.

WHAT DOES GO UNDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of go under in the English dictionary

The first definition of go under in the dictionary is to sink below. Other definition of go under is to founder or drown. Go under is also to be conquered or overwhelmed.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GO UNDER

PRESENT

Present
I go under
you go under
he/she/it goes under
we go under
you go under
they go under
Present continuous
I am going under
you are going under
he/she/it is going under
we are going under
you are going under
they are going under
Present perfect
I have gone under
you have gone under
he/she/it has gone under
we have gone under
you have gone under
they have gone under
Present perfect continuous
I have been going under
you have been going under
he/she/it has been going under
we have been going under
you have been going under
they have been going under
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I went under
you went under
he/she/it went under
we went under
you went under
they went under
Past continuous
I was going under
you were going under
he/she/it was going under
we were going under
you were going under
they were going under
Past perfect
I had gone under
you had gone under
he/she/it had gone under
we had gone under
you had gone under
they had gone under
Past perfect continuous
I had been going under
you had been going under
he/she/it had been going under
we had been going under
you had been going under
they had been going under
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will go under
you will go under
he/she/it will go under
we will go under
you will go under
they will go under
Future continuous
I will be going under
you will be going under
he/she/it will be going under
we will be going under
you will be going under
they will be going under
Future perfect
I will have gone under
you will have gone under
he/she/it will have gone under
we will have gone under
you will have gone under
they will have gone under
Future perfect continuous
I will have been going under
you will have been going under
he/she/it will have been going under
we will have been going under
you will have been going under
they will have been going under
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would go under
you would go under
he/she/it would go under
we would go under
you would go under
they would go under
Conditional continuous
I would be going under
you would be going under
he/she/it would be going under
we would be going under
you would be going under
they would be going under
Conditional perfect
I would have go under
you would have go under
he/she/it would have go under
we would have go under
you would have go under
they would have go under
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been going under
you would have been going under
he/she/it would have been going under
we would have been going under
you would have been going under
they would have been going under
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you go under
we let´s go under
you go under
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to go under
Past participle
gone under
Present Participle
going under
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GO UNDER

go to sea
go to seed
go to the country
go to the devil
go to the dogs
go to the pack
go to the wall
go to town
go together
go too far
go under the hammer
go up
go up in smoke
go up the wall
go walkabout
go west
go with
go with a swing
go with the stream
go with the turf

WORDS THAT END LIKE GO UNDER

Alexander
all-rounder
blunder
cofounder
down under
echo sounder
flounder
founder
funder
hereunder
over-under
plunder
pull the rug out from under
quarter-pounder
rounder
sounder
sunder
thereunder
thunder
under
wounder

Synonyms and antonyms of go under in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GO UNDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «go under» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of go under
die · fail · fold · founder · go down · sink · submerge · succumb

Translation of «go under» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GO UNDER

Find out the translation of go under to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of go under from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «go under» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

去下
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pasar por debajo de
570 millions of speakers

English

go under
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे जाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تذهب تحت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

идти под
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে যাও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pergi di bawah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gehen unter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

つぶれる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아래 이동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pindhah ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi lần xuống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழே செல்லுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

batmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affondare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przejść pod
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

йти під
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

du-te în
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάει κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaan onder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gå under
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gå under
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of go under

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GO UNDER»

The term «go under» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.950 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GO UNDER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «go under» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «go under» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about go under

EXAMPLES

8 QUOTES WITH «GO UNDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word go under.
1
Bobby Darin
Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did.
2
Jasmine Guinness
I'd never go under the knife because I have a phobia of needles.
3
Emraan Hashmi
I think it is rather 'unsexy' to go under the knife and modify your appearance.
4
Diana Quick
If you try to live as well as you can, then hopefully your face will reflect that. But it's unfair that we put so much pressure on women to look good and then give them so much stick when they go under the knife to achieve this.
5
Kelly Reilly
I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.
6
Stephanie Rice
I think there is more pressure at trials when you are trying to make the team and you have to come first or second, and you have to go under qualifying time.
7
Ronda Rousey
When I looked at the state of women's MMA, what I saw was that it was missing rivalries or anything theatrical about it. Everybody was trying to be Miss America, unwilling to go under any kind of criticism, and taking the safe answers. I thought I needed to do whatever I could to get attention.
8
Cristina Saralegui
You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books. The good stuff stays in your brain once you go under.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO UNDER»

Discover the use of go under in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to go under and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
More Than Skin Deep: Exploring the Real Reasons Why Women Go ...
A cultural analysis of cosmetic surgery draws on scientific, sociological, and psychological perspectives to challenge popular beliefs that cosmetic surgery patients are superficial and vain, offering insight into how external ...
Loren Eskenazi, Peg Streep, 2007
2
Before You Go Under: A Step by Step Guide to Ease Your Mind ...
The inspiration for this book came from hundreds of questions Taimoorazy received from patients over his 14 year career as a Board Certified Anesthesiologist.
Benjamin Taimoorazy, 2008
3
Drawing on the Go! Under the Sea
Developing artists of all ages can follow these step-by-step illustrations to create 31 realistic likenesses of the angelfish, clownfish, lobster, catfish, frog, Great White shark, and other creatures.
Barbara Soloff Levy, 2012
4
Failure, Inc.: 52 Ways to Go Under in Business
With tongue in cheek (sort of), a master engineer, entrepreneur, and academic presents 52 bad business practices that can sink a failing business . . . Fast
Howard Eisner, 2007
5
Seeking Beauty, Cutting Costs: Why So Many Americans Go ...
Section three takes the reader firsthand into the offices of Mexican cosmetic surgeons who operate on a growing patient base of U.S. citizens.
Noah Connolly Barron, 2008
6
We're Going on a Bear Hunt: Anniversary Edition of a Modern ...
This is a book not to be missed, one to be chanted aloud and acted out, to be enjoyed over and over again. It is a picture book on the grand scale.
Michael Rosen, 2009
7
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
3. keep each other company, especially with a view to marriage: Jim and Mary had been going together for two years before they were married. come under the name of go under the name of come under the name of- (of things) be classified or ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
8
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets
The depths below are hot, warmer than the surface, and this book tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures, real and fictional, that dwell in darkness—rats and eels, mon­sters and ghosts.
Peter Ackroyd, 2011
9
Scarborough's Official Tour Book ...: New York, New Jersey, ...
Go under railroad. Enter Norwalk on Connecticut Ave. Armory on left. Enter onto West Ave., picking up trolley, which parallel to 62.4. Norwalk. West Ave. Main and Walls Sts. Straight ahead. (Main St. to left is trip from Stamford to Danbury.) ...
‎1918
10
Scouting
Watch me and do all the things I do and repeat what I say. Here we go! "We're going on a witch hunt. Everyone tip toe. (Tiptoe fingers across hand) Shhhh. ( Finger over mouth) I see a house. It's a haunted house! We can't go under it. We can't ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO UNDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term go under is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tyneside Rapunzels go under the scissors for to raise money for the …
Millie Freeman, from Beckworth, and Imogen Oliver, from Bensham, each had their long hair cut to raise money for the Little Princess Trust. «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
2
Plans to build 1500 new houses in Cardiff go under spotlight this week
An ambitious programme to get 1,500 new homes built in Cardiff – including ground-breaking energy efficient homes – will be discussed this ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
3
Precious gemstones to go under the hammer
A private collection of precious gemstones thought to be the largest in the UK is to be sold at auction. The collection of more than 680 stones ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
4
When sportsmen go under spotlight
Sushil Kumar, Wrestler. In 2013, India's double Olympic medal winning wrestler Sushil Kumar found himself on the cover of a popular ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
Sec 34, Gadoli go under water as drain breaks embankment
GURGAON: With rains lashing the city, the sudden influx of water from drains led to the Badshapur drain breaking its embankments thrice ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Sheffield library disposal decision to go under further scrutiny
The approved disposal of a Sheffield library to a restaurant group has been called in for further scrutiny. Walkley Library has been run by ... «Sheffield Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
Eleven properties to go under the hammer at Allsop auctions
On Wednesday nine residential properties will be offered for sale, while on Thursday the two commercial properties go under the hammer. «Gorey Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Why are we risking our lives to go under the knife?
Why are young Australian women dying, literally, to get cosmetic surgery? And in our happy, healthy country how can having work done to your ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
James Bond Star Shoes to Go Under the Hammer At South West …
James Bond Star Shoes to Go Under the Hammer At South West Attraction. By Paramount PR | Posted: July 11, 2015. David Plaister with Jane Seymour's shoes ... «Western Daily Press, Jul 15»
10
How to lose 30ins from your body without surgery - two women too …
She was too scared to go under the knife but thought that would be her only option until she read about TOWIE star Gemma Collins losing ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»

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