belly up in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "belly up",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After several financial failures, the organization went belly up."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a company goes belly up, it goes bankrupt and has to close down."
      ],
      "id": "simple-belly_up-en-phrase-Dq5XotdO",
      "raw_tags": [
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's time to belly up to the bar for a cocktail or two."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you belly up to the bar, counter, table, etc. you sit down there, ready to drink or eat."
      ],
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      "audio": "en-au-belly up.ogg",
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        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "belly up"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "belly up",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After several financial failures, the organization went belly up."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a company goes belly up, it goes bankrupt and has to close down."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's time to belly up to the bar for a cocktail or two."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you belly up to the bar, counter, table, etc. you sit down there, ready to drink or eat."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-belly up.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "belly up"
}

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"belly up" meaning in English

Phrase