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JCDenton Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Belly-up?

Hi Guys,

please what does it mean, if I say that something "went belly-up..."

What is "belly-up" ? Thank you!
  

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Hi JCDenton, go belly up (informal) if a business goes belly up, it fails. Factories and farms went belly up because of the debt crisis. go belly up to fail.

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  • Hi JCDenton, go belly up (informal) if a business goes belly up, it fails.
  • Factories and farms went belly up because of the debt crisis.
  • go belly up to fail.
  • My company announced layoffs, so I found another job, and then my new company went belly up.
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Hi JCDenton,

go belly up (informal)

if a business goes belly up, it fails. Factories and farms went belly up because of the debt crisis.

go belly up
to fail. My company announced layoffs, so I found another job, and then my new company went belly up.
Usage notes: usually said about business and other organizations

Etymology: based o
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Thank you, buddy!..;-)
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Another use of the expression is to invite people to have a drink: "belly up to the bar". This is the name of a song in the Broadway musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", and I believe the term existed long before the song.
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