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View synonyms for go belly-up
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Idioms and Phrases
Fail, go bankrupt, as in This company's about to go belly-up . This expression alludes to the posture of a dead fish in the water. [ Slang ; early 1900s] Also see go broke .Discover More
Example Sentences
First, some individual state markets may simply go belly up because not enough people, or the wrong demographic mix, signed up.
From The Daily Beast
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