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come under sth

(IN A BOOK) phrasal verb with come
 
 
/kʌm/ verb (came, come)

Definition

C1 If a piece of information comes under a particular part of a list, book, or collection of things, you can find it in that part: Swimming pools usually come under 'leisure centres' in the phone directory.Classifying and creating order
(Definition of come under sth (IN A BOOK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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