as in to close
to come near or nearer
belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves
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Recent Examples of belly up
Shop our list below to pocket up to 75% in savings before the discounts go belly up.
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Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
But it’s been plagued by desertions in recent years as the oil-rich nation’s economy went belly up under Maduro’s watch.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
That translates to an additional $20,000 in sales over the three days from folks who bellied up to the bars while waiting (and waiting and waiting) for their flights.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 26 July 2024
In 2018, a team posited that the heavily armored animals often went belly up because of bloating as their carcasses floated out to sea.
—Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 14 July 2024
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Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
But it’s been plagued by desertions in recent years as the oil-rich nation’s economy went belly up under Maduro’s watch.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
That translates to an additional $20,000 in sales over the three days from folks who bellied up to the bars while waiting (and waiting and waiting) for their flights.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 26 July 2024
In 2018, a team posited that the heavily armored animals often went belly up because of bloating as their carcasses floated out to sea.
—Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 14 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly up
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Trader Joe's will be open on December 24 and will close at 5 p.m. local time.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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When out of possession, Sugawara was urged to close the opposition down quickly instead of falling back into a defensive shape — suggesting Juric is less concerned about building with short passes than winning the ball high up to launch fast transition opportunities.Elias Burke, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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His chief jury investigator, Bert Franklin, had approached two prospective jurors in the McNamara case and offered them cash to vote for acquittals.Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, a man, later identified as the suspect, approached the woman with a garment and—instead of using it to smother the fire—fanned the flames with the cloth.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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The short clip plays against a trending punk tune, comically drawing on the dachshund's feisty darts up the three peaks.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Mega Millions jackpot surged to $944 million on Saturday after no ticket matched the numbers drawn on Friday, the lottery said.Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2024
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The Bank of Japan expects the economy to move closer to sustainably achieving the central bank's 2% inflation target next year, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday, suggesting the timing of its next interest rate increase was nearing.Karen Brettell, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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Three decades of water damage nearly did Michigan Central in, as consensus seems to be the structural integrity was nearing the point of no return when Ford purchased it in May 2018.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the past month, protesters have come up with a wide range of unorthodox groupings.John Yoon, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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The Toronto Blue Jays might have come up on the short end of the Juan Soto sweepstakes.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Belly up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly%20up. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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