Come-under Definition

verb

(literally) To come underneath (something).

Why don't you come under my umbrella - there's plenty of room.
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To be included or classified under (a title, specified class etc.).
To sympathisers, though, all of his crimes came under the general heading of misdemeanors.
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To be subjected to, be under the auspices of.
Eventually I was promoted, and a small team of recruits came under my authority.
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Come-under Sentence Examples

  • Meanwhile, the affairs of the East India Company had come under the consideration of parliament.

  • The whole of the colonies have therefore now come under the direct administration of the empire.

  • If you come under attack, you'll need an alternate identity... something similar to witness protection.

  • In 1886 he became proprietor of the San Francisco Examiner, the first of a long chain of papers to come under his control.

  • It is now known, however, that they were true Arabs - as the proper names on their inscriptions show - who had come under Aramaic influence.

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RERDER

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