Under the aegis of
Also, under the auspices of. Protected or sponsored by, as in The fund drive for the new field is under the aegis of the Rotary Club, or He was admitted to the club under the auspices of Mr. Leonard. The first term comes from Greek myth, where the aegis was the protective shield of Zeus. Auspices originally meant “observations of birds made to obtain omens.” It then came to be used for a sign or omen, and still later for a favorable influence. [ Late 1700s ]
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under one’s own steam
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- Under-the-table
[uhn-der-th uh-tey-buh l] /ˈʌn dər ðəˈteɪ bəl/ adjective 1. transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
- Underthings
plural noun 1. women’s underclothes. plural noun 1. girls’ or women’s underwear
- Underthrust
noun, Geology. 1. a thrust fault in which the footwall moved and the hanging wall did not (opposed to overthrust). noun 1. (geology) a reverse fault in which the rocks on the lower surface of a fault plane have moved under the relatively static rocks on the upper surface Compare overthrust