take under
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take under (third-person singular simple present takes under, present participle taking under, simple past took under, past participle taken under)
- (transitive, of a business) To bring to insolvency; to drive (a business) into financial distress.
- 2021, Meka James, Heat of Love[1]:
- 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
- 2015, Carole and David Schwinn, The Transformative Workplace[2]:
- 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.
- 2013, Faiz Siddiqui, “The First Black Students Admitted to 15 Prestigious U.S. Universities, and Their Stories”, in Complex.com[3]:
- It's believed that the Great Depression then took the business under.
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References[edit]
- “take under”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.