fell under
Became subject to
Fell under is the past tense of fall under, which means to become subject to or classified within something.
If a matter fell under his jurisdiction, it became his responsibility to handle.
Topics or items fall under categories or headings when they belong there: The expense fell under miscellaneous costs.
To fall under someone's influence or spell is to become affected or controlled by them.
The phrase can also describe physical movement beneath something, though this literal sense is less common than the figurative uses.
- submergedBelow water's surface
- categorizationArranging into groups
- collapsedFell inward suddenly
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- subsetCollection within collection
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