go under
verb
went under; gone under; going under; goes under
: to be overwhelmed, destroyed, or defeated : fail
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Cleveland area homes spent a median of 33 days on the market before going under contract in December, data shows.
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Sam Allard, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
February brought a thaw to what had been a chilly start of the year for metro Denver’s housing market, with more homes listed, more homes going under contract and more sales completed, according to an update Wednesday from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
What To Know More than 41,000 home-purchase agreements across the country fell through in January, Redfin found, equal to 14.3 percent of homes that went under contract that same month.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Buehler had a career 3.02 ERA with 690 strikeouts in 630 innings before going under the knife for the second time in late 2022, so some teams could view this as a chance to lock in a front-line starter to a below-market long-term deal.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Sam Allard, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
February brought a thaw to what had been a chilly start of the year for metro Denver’s housing market, with more homes listed, more homes going under contract and more sales completed, according to an update Wednesday from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
What To Know More than 41,000 home-purchase agreements across the country fell through in January, Redfin found, equal to 14.3 percent of homes that went under contract that same month.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Buehler had a career 3.02 ERA with 690 strikeouts in 630 innings before going under the knife for the second time in late 2022, so some teams could view this as a chance to lock in a front-line starter to a below-market long-term deal.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Go under.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20under. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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