under threat

idiom

: by someone who has been threatened with harm
an action done under threat

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Newsom's administration has drafted a plan to help undocumented immigrants under threat of deportation. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 However, TikTok is also under threat in the U.S., where the Supreme Court is expected to decide this week whether the video-sharing app will be banned over national security concerns unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells it. Reuters, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025 Before TikTok was under threat, the overwhelming majority of Xiaohongshu’s users were Chinese, and the app, which lacks translation features, is not optimized for an international user base. Zen Soo, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025 Roughly 1,000 structures had been destroyed and more than 13,000 were under threat by the Palisades Fire. Brian Niemietz, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for under threat 

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“Under threat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20threat. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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