undergo legal review

/ˌʌndərˈɡoʊ ˈliːɡəl rɪˈvjuː/

verb phrase

  1. to be examined by lawyers or a legal department to check whether something is legal, compliant, or safe to approve, or to identify legal problems, risks, or requirements

    C1

    transitive verb phrase; undergo + noun phrase; the subject is the thing being reviewed; often used with will, must, need to, or before approvalformal

    • "The contract must undergo legal review before we sign it."B1
    • "All new company policies undergo legal review to make sure they follow the law."B2
    • "The proposed merger will undergo legal review by regulators before it can proceed."C1

Common mistakes

  • The proposal will be undergone legal review.→The proposal will undergo legal review.

    Use “undergo” actively with the thing being reviewed as the subject; do not make “undergo” passive in this phrase.

  • The contract must undergo to legal review.→The contract must undergo legal review.

    “Undergo” is transitive and takes a direct object; do not add “to” before the object.

Collocations

undergo legal reviewundergo reviewlegal reviewlegal review processsubject to legal reviewconduct a legal reviewpass legal review

Word family

undergolegalreviewreviewer