English-Spanish translations for go under

• hundirse
  Se retira todo el capital de la empresa, que entonces es autorizada a hundirse. Every scrap of capital is extracted from the company which is then allowed to go under.
  En unos cuantos años nuestras empresas nacionales exigirán que se revisen los reglamentos aplicables a las empresas extranjeras, para no hundirse en medio de una cruel competencia. In a few years' time our domestic enterprises will be demanding a re-evaluation of the regulations that apply to foreign enterprises so that they do not go under in the face of merciless competition.
• irse a pique
• pasar debajo

Definition of go under

• To descend into a body of water; to founder
• To collapse or fail, e.g. by going bankrupt
• To be named; to call oneself
• To enter a state of hypnosis

Examples

• the boat was too heavy and went under.
• In the crisis, the company was forced to reduce its costs in order to avoid going under.
• He goes under the name of Mr X to remain anonymous.

Related words

• go underground
• go under the hammer
• under the gooseberry bush
• undergo
• undergone
• thunder god
• undergo a cure
• person who has undergone a gender change