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All go bust synonyms

go bust
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verb go bust

  • fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
  • close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
  • drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
  • collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
  • crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
  • fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
  • default — If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it.
  • terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
  • dishonor — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
  • repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • defalcate — to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
  • overdraw — to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
  • give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
  • pauper — a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
  • bust — a raid, search, or arrest by the police
  • impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
  • pauperize — to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
  • crumple — If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
  • go under — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • close down — to cease or cause to cease operations
  • go belly up — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
  • go broke — a simple past tense of break.
  • go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • go up — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • lose one's shirt — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
  • shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
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