come undersomething
phrasal verbwithcomeverbuk/kʌm/us/kʌm/came|come
(EXPERIENCE)
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If you come under something, yousuddenlyexperienceorsufferit:
Ourarmieshave come underheavybombardment.
Thegovernmentis coming underpressuretochangethelaw.
Experiencing and suffering
- (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die ofsomethingidiom
- be a martyr tosomethingidiom
- be a victim ofyourown successidiom
- bear
- count
- get the short end of the stickidiom
- go through
- grip
- hands-on
- hitsomeonewheretheyliveidiom
- horse
- ride
- seat-of-the-pants
- see lifeidiom
- stricken
- survive
- taste
(IN A BOOK)
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If apieceofinformationcomes under aparticularpartof alist,book, orcollectionof things, you canfindit in thatpart:
Swimmingpoolsusually come under "leisurecentres" in thephonedirectory.
Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- anti-hierarchical
- arrange
- arrangement
- arranger
- array
- bracket
- lay
- misclassify
- miscode
- mislabel
- misorder
- multisystem
- nest
- setsomethingup
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- short-list
- shortlist
- sort
(IN AN ORGANIZATION)
to becontrolledordealtwith by anofficialorganizationor aparticularpartof it:
Playgroundguidelinescome under theDepartmentof Health and Safety.
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- authoritatively
- commanding
- dictate
- harness
- have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
- havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
- havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
- have/hold the whip handidiom
- helm
- override
- police
- policing
- possess
- power play
- predominate
- skipper