go bankrupt

idiom

: to be unable to pay one's debts
The company went bankrupt.

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Households and companies spending this way would go bankrupt. Leonard Gilroy, Oc Register, 5 June 2025 In the coming months, though, smaller universities will surely be targeted, and some will presumably go bankrupt. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 Lovely added that while high tariffs will likely incentivize some new investment in the United States, there will also be pain as farmers and other exporters lose customers, lay off workers and go bankrupt in the trade war. Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025 The result is that development studios either go bankrupt or lay off many people to survive, while publishers hoard the remaining cash and try to downsize, although to a much more limited degree. Ollie Barder, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go bankrupt

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“Go bankrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20bankrupt. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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