Belly-up (Adjective)
Meaning
Financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The airline went belly-up after years of struggling to stay afloat amidst rising fuel costs and declining ticket sales.
- After a series of poor business decisions, the once-thriving tech startup ended up belly-up and had to lay off its entire staff.
- The family-owned restaurant went belly-up due to increased competition from larger chain establishments in the area.
- When the housing market crashed, many mortgage companies went belly-up, leaving thousands of homeowners without financial support.
- The struggling department store went belly-up after it failed to adapt to the shift towards online shopping.