Antonyms for go belly up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bel-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛl i |
Definition of go belly up
Origin :- "to swell out," 1620s, from belly (n.). Related: Bellied; bellying. Old English belgan meant "to be or become angry" (a figurative sense). A comparable Greek verb-from-noun, gastrizein, meant "to hit (someone) in the belly."
- As in topple : verb fall or knock over; overthrow
- As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
- As in kick the bucket : verb die
- As in fail : verb lose money
Synonyms for go belly up
- be cleaned out
- be in arrears
- be ruined
- be taken to the cleaners
- become insolvent
- bite the dust
- bowl down
- break
- bring down
- buy the farm
- capsize
- cash in one's chips
- cease living
- close
- close down
- close one's doors
- collapse
- crash
- croak
- defalcate
- default
- descend
- dip
- disarrange
- disarray
- dishonor
- disorder
- disturb
- do a pratfall
- down
- drop
- drop a bundle
- end
- expire
- fall
- fall headlong
- falter
- finish
- flatten
- floor
- flop
- fold
- founder
- go bankrupt
- go belly up
- go broke
- go bust
- go down
- go into Chapter 11
- go out of business
- go to the wall
- go under
- go up
- go west
- hit the dirt
- jumble
- keel
- keel over
- knock down
- knock over
- land
- level
- lose big
- lose footing
- lose it
- lose one's shirt
- lurch
- meet one's maker
- mess up
- nose-dive
- oust
- overbalance
- overdraw
- overturn
- pass away
- pass on
- pitch
- plummet
- plunge
- repudiate
- roll
- sag
- shove off
- skid
- slip
- slump
- spill
- stagger
- stumble
- succumb
- take a header
- teeter
- terminate
- tip over
- topple
- toss
- totter
- trip
- tumble
- turn over
- unhorse
- unseat
- unsettle
- upset
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