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                            Phrase(s): go belly up 
Go to turn belly up.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
                        
                        
                    
                    
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                            Fail, go bankrupt, as in This company's about to go belly-up. This expression alludes to the posture of a dead fish in the water. [Slang; early 1900s]  Also see  GO BROKE.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            American Heritage Idioms