Definition of go belly up
go belly up 
verb
- to fail. (Usually in reference to a business.)
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Dec 08 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
- to die.
- See more words with the same meaning: to die.
Last edited on Dec 08 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to die': | |
| Definitions include: to die. | |
| Definitions include: to die. | |
| Definitions include: to listen to. | |
| Definitions include: to die or to get killed. | |
| Definitions include: to die. | |
| Definitions include: dead. | |
| Definitions include: death. | |
| Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs. | |
| Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake. | |
| Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground. | |
| Definitions include: to die with others in a large group, usually within a short span of time. | |
| Definitions include: to die. | |
| Definitions include: to be bad. | |
| Definitions include: to take drugs, usually LSD ("acid") or Ecstasy (MDMA). | |
| Definitions include: to die. | |
Other terms relating to 'to lose, be defeated, fail': | |
| Definitions include: to fail. | |
| Definitions include: to make a futile attempt. | |
| Definitions include: as a greeting, a rhetorical question asking about what's happening. | |
| Definitions include: a loser. | |
| Definitions include: a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "Biggest Beating Ever," which can refer to "beating" as in a severe physical attack, or a severe defeat e.g. in a competitive sport. | |
| Definitions include: a defeat. | |
| Definitions include: to be severely defeated. | |
| Definitions include: to defeat soundly. | |
| Definitions include: to fail. | |
| Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: in "professional wrestling," a wrestler who intentionally loses to improve the image of the winner. | |
| Definitions include: anything great, cool, awesome. | |
| Definitions include: to fail | |
| Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'belly': | |
| Definitions include: a large stomach caused by drinking lots of beer. | |
| Definitions include: to complain. | |
| Definitions include: to jump and land horizontally, facing downwards, usually into water. | |
| Definitions include: a dangerous place. | |
| Definitions include: a meal of Pork N' Beans and Wieners. | |
| Definitions include: an abdomen with many red stretch marks, which resemble flames. | |
| Definitions include: stomach aches associated with diarrhea. | |
| Definitions include: a coward. | |
Other terms relating to 'go': | |
| Definitions include: completely ready. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot". | |
| Definitions include: used to tell someone to stop messing with people. | |
| Definitions include: excited and ready to start. | |
| Definitions include: From the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "got to go". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "goes away from keyboard". | |
| Definitions include: "goes in to". | |
| Definitions include: the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: to get a person excited. | |
| Definitions include: to move one's legs. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "go fuck yourself." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good game." | |
| Definitions include: to say. | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
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