go bust
idiom
informal
: to spend or lose all of one's money : to go broke
The company has gone bust.
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The Dawn of Kicks Invented for a faddish game in the 1880s, tennis shoes became fashionable when manufacturers, fearing the tennis boom would go bust, pushed them off the lawn.
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
After seeing its last deal go bust in the face of regulatory scrutiny, Maze Therapeutics has found another suitor for its experimental Pompe disease treatment.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 10 May 2024
Life is a bit easier with a steady paycheck and without the constant fear your startup might go bust.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 May 2024
Both fear the Montana housing boom will go bust, even though the wealth of their employers offers some comfort.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
After seeing its last deal go bust in the face of regulatory scrutiny, Maze Therapeutics has found another suitor for its experimental Pompe disease treatment.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 10 May 2024
Life is a bit easier with a steady paycheck and without the constant fear your startup might go bust.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 May 2024
Both fear the Montana housing boom will go bust, even though the wealth of their employers offers some comfort.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Go bust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20bust. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.
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