serve under Idiom

buckle under

quit, lose, not try, give up We're losing, but we won't buckle under. We won't quit.

cool under pressure

calm during a crisis, able to perform well when you must do it Jo was very cool under pressure. When the judge asked questions, she answered clearly and calmly.

crack under the strain

become irrational or hysterical due to strain, around the bend Mother was a strong person. She never cracked under the strain of raising ten children.

down under

Australia, New Zealand etc. Next year I'm going down under for my holidays - New Zealand.

drink you under the table

drink more liquor than you, drink and not pass out, put you away After three glasses of beer, you're nearly drunk. I bet I can drink you under the table!

get out from under

escape a situation that one doesn

get under my skin

bother me, bug me, get to me Don't let Bob's teasing get under your skin. Don't let it bother you.

get under one

bother someone, upset someone She always gets under my skin although I don

give to understand

make a person understand by telling him very plainly or boldly I was given to understand that I could rent an apartment very easily here.

go under

fail, be unable to continue, go bankrupt Companies that can't make loan payments will go under.

serve beneath (one)

1. To be in the account or beneath the administering of one. I accept had the advantage of confined beneath eight altered presidents in my time as the arch butler of the White House.2. To provide, present, or assassinate a academic notice, announcement, or activity as dictated by a accurate allotment of legislation. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "serve" and "under." Health inspectors accept served four cease orders beneath the FDA's boxy new rules this week.Learn more: serve

serve beneath someone or something

to backpack out one's albatross beneath the administering or in the application of someone. I served beneath the admiral of the aggregation as appropriate assistant. Jane served beneath the antecedent administering as an investigator.Learn more: serve

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go to one's head go to pieces go to pot go to rack and ruin go to town go to trouble go to your head go too far go under go under the knife go up in smoke go up in smoke/flames go whole hog go wild go with the flow go without go without saying serve around serve as serve as (something) Serve as a guinea pig serve as a/(one's) guinea pig serve as a/(one's) replacement serve as a/(one's) substitute serve as the driving force serve as the driving force (behind someone or something) serve for serve in serve notice serve notice (on one) serve on serve on (something) serve one right serve out serve right serve somebody right serve someone right serve the purpose serve time serve to serve to do (something) serve two masters serve under serve under (one) serve up serve up (something) serve up on a plate serve with serve with (someone or something) serve your time service serving sesh session set set (one) aback set (one) against (someone or something) set (one) at (one's) ease set (one) back on (one's) feet set (one) back on (one's) heels set (one) down as (something) set (one) on (one's) feet (again) set (one) straight set (one) up for life set (one) up with (someone or something) set (one) wise set (one's) (own) house in order set (one's) back up