suck under
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[edit]Verb
[edit]suck under (third-person singular simple present sucks under, present participle sucking under, simple past and past participle sucked under)
- (transitive, intransitive) To pull (someone or something) under the surface of a body of water.
- He was sucked under by the riptide.
- The power of the riptide sucked him under.
- (transitive, intransitive, figurative, by extension) To cause (someone or something) to figuratively drown, such as by succumbing to a pressure or problem.
- Our country will be sucked under by my opponent's policies.