come under

phrasal verb

came under; come under; coming under; comes under

: to be subjected to (something)

The troops were resting when they suddenly came under attack.

Many people feel that their civil rights are coming under threat.

The school is coming under pressure to change its policies.

: to be affected, controlled, or influenced by (something)

an area that has come under the control of rebel forces

He was 30 years old when he first came under the care of a psychiatrist.

areas that come under his authority

—used to identify the group or category that something belongs to

These matters come under the heading of classified information.

Examples of come under in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Beyoncé came under fire when her hair care brand was first announced in 2023. —

Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024 The argument that playing football was little different from playing the tuba then came under cross-examination from Amanda Laufer, the lead lawyer for the general counsel, who asked how many of the 300 band members had no prior musical experience. —

Billy Witz, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024 For the past year, gender-affirming healthcare coverage for transgender youth has come under attack across the country. —

Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 19 Apr. 2024 Seven more deaths have been linked to five unlicensed group homes in Arlington and Mansfield that have come under investigation for the way residents were treated, according to police. —

Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024 The remarks preview how Boeing’s safety culture will come under public scrutiny on Wednesday as two separate Senate hearings pore over a whistleblower’s claims of poor assembly processes and shortcomings revealed in the expert panel’s extensive study commissioned by Congress. —

Allyson Versprille, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024 Facets of girlboss culture (something that, with its infantilizing name did seem doomed) continue to come under scrutiny and the widespread hustle harder mentality, questioned. —

Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2024 But when several Tajiks became suspects in the March 22 attack in Moscow, the whole community came under withering scrutiny. —

Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024 Missouri’s quasi-governmental student loan agency came under harsh criticism from Democratic senators on Wednesday, as the agency has become pivotal in Republican efforts to block President Joe Biden’s attempts to eliminate student loan debt for millions of Americans. —

Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024

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