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Founder go down? Found in the kitchen? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

sink

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I believe this is a quadruple definition!!

'founder' is the first definition.
(sinking is a kind of foundering)

'go' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

'down?' is the third definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'found' is a link.

'in the kitchen?' is the fourth definition.
(I've seen this before)

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(Other definitions for sink that I've seen before include "Descend to a lower level" , "Droop, submerge" , "Pocket (billiards)" , "Basin for washing up etc" , "drink" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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