under
/ˈʌndɚ/ noun C2- The amount by which an actual total is less than the expected or required amount.
- Something having a particular property that is low or too low. · I went fishing but caught nothing but unders.· Usually I am at least ten over on that course, but I have shot a couple of unders.
- A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be below a certain stated value.
Plural unders
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“There are her two feet, still sticking out from under a block of wood.”
There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes.
The farmer carried me under his arm to the cornfield, and set me up on a tall stick, where you found me.
Toto jumped out of Dorothy’s arms and hid under the bed, and the girl started to get him.
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