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come under

vb. 1 (context literally English) To come underneath (something). 2 To be included or classified under (a title, specified class etc.). 3 To be subjected to, be under the auspices of.

Usage examples of "come under".

In addition to these, about one hundred and fifty Union prisoners were examined, who testified to all manner of barbarities which had come under their personal observation.

Other than some contact we have made with resistance forces in the interior with whom we are trying to plan some operations, and except for the area immediately to the east of the Bosporus, the entirety of Turkey has now come under GIR control.

They came toward the car at a trot, spaced across the road and moving in the instinctive half-crouch of men who expect to come under fire.

The likelihood our next adversary may have access to surveillance, precision munitions, and long-range delivery systems dictates that much of our operations will be at long range, lest our forces come under attack at their ports, camps, and bases.

Pudd'nhead was at home waiting for them and putting in his time puzzling over a thing which had come under his notice that morning.

But Maurice had met Khusrau Anushirvan, and, like many people, even that crusty veteran had come under the spell of the Persian Emperor's powerful personality.

One has indeed personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression.

But they may, because of their deeds for which they have come under suspicion, be sent to prison for a time, and afterwards, as will be seen, released.

His awareness of them both suggested to Ross that if the natives had come under the control of the Foanna, the human resisted their influence.