come under

phrasal verb

came under; come under; coming under; comes under

1

: 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.

2

: 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

3

—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

Before Casey temporarily worked as a part-time consultant for the company, it was tied to several San Jose and Bay Area projects that have come under scrutiny, including the construction of Silvery Towers. —Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024

North Korean troops joining Vladimir Putin's war have come under fire for the first time, according to a Kyiv official, as a map by Newsweek outlines their journey from the East Asia peninsula to a European battlefield's front line. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

Netflix first came under scrutiny in France — a major European streaming market next to Germany and the U.K. — for its tax filings for 2019, 2020 and 2021, according to an August 2023 report in French newspaper La Lettre. —Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024

The iPhone maker’s sales have come under pressure from Huawei’s recovery in the Chinese smartphone market. —Sonia Heng,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024