gone under
Failed and closed
Gone under means to have failed, collapsed, or succumbed—typically referring to businesses that have closed due to financial ruin: Three restaurants on that block have gone under this year.
It can also mean to have lost consciousness, especially under anesthesia: The patient went under quickly.
Literally, it describes something that has sunk beneath a surface: The ship had gone under by the time rescuers arrived.
Below the surface
- drownedDied by submersion
- sunkForced beneath water
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
- floodedCovered with water
engulfed · submerged · immersed · plunged · depths · shipwreck · capsized · foundered
Inability to pay debts
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- defaultPreset standard option
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
insolvent · bankrupt · financial ruin · collapse · administration · creditors · debts · liabilities
Defeated completely
- conqueredDefeated and took control
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- crushedCompressed into fragments
routed · toppled · overthrown · subdued · bested · overpowered · outmatched · fell
underwater
Below the surface
flooded · engulfed · submerged · immersed · plunged · depths · shipwreck · capsized · foundered · scuttled
insolvency
Inability to pay debts
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- defaultPreset standard option
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
foreclosure · insolvent · bankrupt · financial ruin · collapse · administration · creditors · debts · liabilities · restructuring
vanquished
Defeated completely
crushed · routed · toppled · overthrown · subdued · bested · overpowered · outmatched · fell · succumbed
gone underthrived
Grew vigorously, succeeded
flourished · prospered · succeeded · survived · prosperous
gone undersurfaced
Came into view
risen · come up · floated · emerged · kept one's head above water
gone undercome to
Regain awareness after unconsciousness
woken up · come around · alert · aware
under, gone, undergo, underline, undertaking, undertake, bygone, underscore, undergoing