went under
Declared bankruptcy finally
Went under means to sink beneath a surface, fail completely, or lose consciousness.
A ship that went under sank.
A business that went under collapsed financially: Three restaurants on that block went under during the pandemic.
Someone going under anesthesia loses consciousness.
The phrase always implies submersion or defeat—something disappearing below a threshold it can't recover from.
- plungeSudden steep descent
- took a diveLost intentionally
- bankruptUnable to repay debts
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- sinkBasin with drain
shipwreck · liquidate · drowned · pass out · bit the dust · blackout · collapse · belly up · kaput · capsized · foreclosure · faint · descended · default · crashed · fold · bottom · overwhelmed
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