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In my opinion, the only real asset one has is one's reputation, right? I mean, any company and institution can go belly up at any time. But if you have a good reputation, you know, you can usually find somebody who can - who thinks they can use what you have to offer.
Eric Betzig

Meaning of "go belly up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GO BELLY UP

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GO BELLY UP

go at
go away
go back
go back to the mat
go back to the pa
go bad
go bail
go ballistic
go bang
go begging
go bung
go bush
go bust
go by
go by the board
go by the wayside
go commando
go critical
go crook
go crook at

WORDS THAT END LIKE GO BELLY UP

buy up
cosy up
cowboy up
cry up
dry up
gussy up
key up
lay up
marry up
pally up
pay up
play up
pony up
shinny up

Synonyms and antonyms of go belly up in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «GO BELLY UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «go belly up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of go belly up

Translation of «go belly up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GO BELLY UP

Find out the translation of go belly up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of go belly up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «go belly up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肚子里去了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ir a pique
570 millions of speakers

English

go belly up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेट ऊपर जाना
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

يذهب حتى البطن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

идти вверх брюхом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ir de barriga para cima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেট উপরে যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire faillite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pergi perut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bauch nach oben gehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腹を上がる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배 를 이동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bukak weteng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi lên bụng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வயிற்றுக்குச் செல்லுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेली वर जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gönül olmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

andare a pancia in su
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

go brzuch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

йти вгору черевом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

merge burta în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάει κοιλιά επάνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaan maag up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gå magen upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gå buken opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of go belly up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GO BELLY UP»

The term «go belly up» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.757 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GO BELLY UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about go belly up

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QUOTES WITH «GO BELLY UP»

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Eric Betzig
In my opinion, the only real asset one has is one's reputation, right? I mean, any company and institution can go belly up at any time. But if you have a good reputation, you know, you can usually find somebody who can - who thinks they can use what you have to offer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO BELLY UP»

Discover the use of go belly up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to go belly up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
want to believe this story, but then again I still have a lot of doubts about its authenticity. belly up to the bar go belly up belly up to the bar - (US si.) I . go up to the bar to order a drink; get in line for smth.: Consumers are invited to belly up to the ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Belly Up
Since FunJungle had more than five thousand animals on display, you expected things would go wrong now and then. Every day, dozens of animals got sick; maybe even one or two would die. But for Henry to go belly-up . . . that was pretty 8 ...
Stuart Gibbs, 2010
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Let's Talk Turkey: The Stories Behind America's Favorite ...
... belly up completely—the only hope is the I.W.W. [Industrial Workers of the World].” Belly-upness is usually a financial condition. Bankrupt businesses are frequently said to be belly-up. Mechanical devices like computers can also go belly-up.
Rosemarie Ostler
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
... "Unfortunately, you can now add Ener1 to the growing list of failed companies that went belly up after hundreds of millions of dollars in administration backing." —Associated Press (1/26/2012) ...more than 40% of first marriages go belly-up.
Peter Bengelsdorf
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HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers
The HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers will help you: • Learn the language of finance • Compare your firm’s financials with rivals’ • Shift your team’s focus from revenues to profits • Assess your vulnerability to ...
Harvard Business Review, 2013
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Sleepless in Seattle, 1993 • The other Master Lee dropped the business in his lap just before he was about to go belly up. — Odie Hawkins. Lost Angeles, p. 25, 1994 bellywash noun a soft drink, soda us, J926 Originally applied to a weak ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Forbes Best Business Mistakes: How Today's Top Business ...
âWeâll perform every function without which the fund would go belly-up.” Youâd go belly-up if you had no financial controls. Youâd go belly-up if you couldnât get your price in the paper every day. Youâd go belly-up if you couldnât process ...
Bob Sellers, 2010
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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
Sleepless in Seattle, 1993 • The other Master Lee dropped the business in his lap just before he was about to go belly up. — Odie Hawkins, LostAngeles, p. 25, 1994 bellywash noun 1 any alcoholic drink US, 1972 • Most of the stupid things I  ...
Tom Dalzell, 2008
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Violence and Mediation in Contemporary Culture
According to Doug Casey, a stock market analyst and author of a tract stuffed into mailboxes some summers ago: With runaway deflation coming, junk bonds will be on the trash heap, and "businesses . . . will go belly up and be available for ...
Ronald Bogue, Marcel Cornis-Pope, Marcel Pop-Corni?, 1996
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
GO BELLY UP 167 GO AROUND IN CIRCLES See Chase Your Tail. GOAT See Get Someone's Goat; Hero to Goat; Old Goat; Scapegoat. GOATEE a goatee. A small, pointed chin beard. WNNCD: 1844. Source: GOAT. WNNCD: O.E. The ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO BELLY UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term go belly up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ireland's top entrepreneurs call for overhaul of tax system
"We were kind of saying, 'Good luck to you if you're a self-employed director of your own company and things go belly up." Slainte Healthcare ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
With Greeks Now Ready to Make a Deal, What Can We Expect?
A. Greece's banks are all but broke, able to allow only small withdrawals each day. Without a deal, they could go belly up in the next day or two. «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Why enduring power of attorney won't always protect the elderly
... but you're less likely to go to a lawyer paying $500 an hour if you're a happy family – you only come in when things go belly up," Field says. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
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DNR: Handle sunfish carefully to ensure survival
... and most memorable, fishing experiences. Seeing a fish they catch go belly up, on the other hand, can be a disheartening memory. «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
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BWW Reviews: A Joyous, Crowd-Pleasing KINKY BOOTS
Their major account has just returned the latest order of shoes (adding to the previous season's return) and the factory is about to go belly up . «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Life under Greece's capital controls
Yet a more negative outcome is a possibility: one in which banks and businesses go belly up as the government struggles to restore a ... «Aaj News, Jul 15»
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Free to Shut Up
It's one of those things where you never want to see something you've put so much work into go belly up, but on the other hand, I have faith in ... «The Weekly Standard, Jul 15»
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Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition review
Things go belly up as Dante bursts in and assassinates Sanctus, the high priest. All hell breaks loose and off Nero goes on his own personal ... «WOW24/7, Jul 15»
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The Economist explains
Yet a more negative outcome is a possibility: one in which banks and businesses go belly up as the government struggles to restore a ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
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Greek Disaster Is Brought to You by Austerity
... and with the ECB still holding back its emergency lending assistance to the banks, it's only a matter of time before all the banks go belly up. «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»

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