"go belly-up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: goes belly-up [present, singular, third-person], going belly-up [participle, present], went belly-up [past], gone belly-up [participle, past]
Etymology: From the tendency of fish to float upside down when they die. Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> belly-up}} go belly-up (third-person singular simple present goes belly-up, present participle going belly-up, simple past went belly-up, past participle gone belly-up)
  1. To die. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-go_belly-up-en-verb-jx6TKsZL
  2. To fail or fold; especially, to be closed or shut down, or go out of business. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: go bankrupt
    Sense id: en-go_belly-up-en-verb-143MSkim Disambiguation of Death: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94

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  "etymology_text": "From the tendency of fish to float upside down when they die.",
  "forms": [
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went belly-up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone belly-up",
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        "participle",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I was sorry to hear that my favorite little restaurant went belly-up."
        }
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        "To fail or fold; especially, to be closed or shut down, or go out of business."
      ],
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          "fail",
          "fail"
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          "fold",
          "fold"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "shut down",
          "shut down"
        ],
        [
          "out of business",
          "out of business"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "I was sorry to hear that my favorite little restaurant went belly-up."
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ],
        [
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    {
      "word": "go bankrupt"
    }
  ],
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}

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