Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take under

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.51 in modern English

Syllables: take un-der
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bring to insolvency; to drive (a business) into financial distress.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I knew she didn’t have to be here, out in the sun with me trying to do whatever I could to keep this fire from taking the business under, but she was"
"The costs associated with Patagonia's shift to organic material nearly took the company under, but given the company values, it almost had no choice."
"It's believed that the Great Depression then took the business under."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

takes under (present, singular) taking under (participle, present) took under (past) taken under (participle, past)

Phrases

take-under

Frequently Paired Words

take-under undertake undertaker

Questions

What does take under mean?: To bring to insolvency; to drive (a business) into financial distress.

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