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Belly-up   Listen
adjective
belly-up, belly up  adj.  Defunct; bankrupt; used mostly of commercial organizations; often used in the phrase go belly-up, i. e. to go bankrupt.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Belly-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... the struggles ceased. The great carcass rolled over belly up, and lay extended on the sea in death. To me it seemed as if a dead calm had suddenly fallen around us, after a long and furious storm, so great was the change when that whale at length parted with its huge life. The silence was suddenly broken by three hearty cheers, and then, fastening ...
— Fighting the Whales • R. M. Ballantyne



Words linked to "Belly-up" :   insolvent, bankrupt



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