belly up

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Adjective

belly up (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Dead or defunct.

   After several financial failures, the organization went belly up.

Related terms

• go belly-up

Verb

belly up

1. (idiomatic) To gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks.

   He bellied up to the bar as soon as he saw a free stool.

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