to be forced to experience something unpleasant
to be the responsibility of a particular person, organization etc
to belong to a particular group or class
A year ago Noble came under attack from an anonymous blogger and short sellers for its accounting policies.
Airport security will now come under increased scrutiny.
And was our own country about to come under attack?
As many as 25 cars and motorbikes were damaged, and police said that they came under attack when they tried to intervene.
As the marines came under attack at Bastion, motion detector alarms went off in security command post.
But already those laws are coming under attack.
Greek governments in future can be expected to come under public pressure to exploit more domestic crude oil in the interests of keeping fuel pump prices down.
He came under so much pressure it made him tighten his game and possibly made the team tighten their games, too.
He has also come under attack from his Unite colleagues for criticising some of the tactics that the union used in the recent BA strike.
I felt something coming under me.
In the last two decades, the practice of ability grouping has come under attack.
Issues relating to pay come under the personnel department.
Japan suddenly came under immense pressure and wilted.
Libraries and swimming pools come under Leisure Services.
Northern Rock's board is set to come under immense pressure at the emergency meeting.
Now the concern is that spending by the public sector will come under pressure, particularly after the election.
Of course, he came under critical attack.
Officers in a raid on the area reported coming under about 1,000 rounds of gunshot.
Police say they came under attack as they tried to stop a rave attended by about 100 people.
President Bush has come under pressure to step up the sanctions.
Rebus comes under attack when the death of his cousin's son sends him on a personal vendetta.
That also came under attack from another new internet insurgent, Facebook.
The changes came under renewed attack yesterday.
The defence budget will come under pressure.
The department had come under criticism for poor performance.
Their own bowling strength might be about to come under scrutiny.
comes under
coming under
came under
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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