go bust

go bust {v. phr.}, {slang}

To become bankrupt.

Our company lost a lot of money and went bust.

Compare: BELLY UP.

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bust up

[bust up] {v. phr.}, {slang} To terminate a partnership, a relationship, a friendship, or a marriage. * /If Jack keeps drinking the way he does, it will bust up his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

belly up

[belly up] {v.}, {informal} To go bankrupt, become afunctional; to die. * /Uncompetitive small businesses must eventually all belly up./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

belly up

[belly up] {adj.}, {informal} Dead, bankrupt, or financially ruined. * /Tom and Dick struggled on for months with their tiny computer shop, but last year they went belly up./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

get lost

[get lost] {v. phr.}, {slang} Go away! - Used as a command. * /Get lost! I want to study./ * /John told Bert to get lost./ Compare: [DROP DEAD]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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