Phrasal verbs with "under"

To dip briefly below the surface of water or below an obstacle.

To place something or someone under the control, authority, or influence of something else.

To exist or develop just below the surface or threshold, not yet fully visible or successful but close to breaking through.

To yield or collapse under pressure, stress, or demands; to be unable to maintain resistance.

To be classified under a category, or to experience criticism, pressure, or attack.

To offer a lower price than a competitor; to cut beneath the surface of something.

To drink more alcohol than another person until they are drunk or unable to continue, always used in the fixed expression 'drink someone und

To be classified within a category, heading, or area of authority.

(Informal/slang) To stop making excuses and start working hard on something; to get serious and apply yourself.

To sink below the surface of water; for a business to fail and close; or to lose consciousness under anaesthetic.

To hold someone under water or anaesthesia, or to control and suppress a group of people or a problem.

To yield or submit to authority, pressure, or superior force.

To yield to authority, threats, or superior force after resisting; to submit reluctantly.

Not a standard established phrasal verb in modern English; may appear in specialised or dialectal contexts to mean securing something beneat

To bury a crop or plant by ploughing the soil over it; metaphorically, to overwhelm or destroy completely.

To turn crops or material into the soil with a plow, or to overwhelm and destroy something completely

To force someone or something below a surface, typically water, or to cause someone to fail by applying pressure.

To administer general anesthesia to someone before a medical operation; or to place someone under authority or control.

to receive teaching or guidance from a particular person, especially regularly

To pass beneath something physically or to avoid notice, often in the phrase 'slip under the radar'

To overwhelm someone with so much work, information, or requests that they cannot cope.

To fit or move beneath something by compressing oneself, due to limited space

To be physically positioned below something.

To pull something or someone beneath a surface (especially water) by means of suction or a powerful current.

Short for 'take under one's wing' — to guide, protect, or mentor someone less experienced.

To fold or plow something downward and beneath a surface.