belly up
Dead or defunct.
After several financial failures, the organization went belly up.
belly
/ˈbɛli/
noun 5verb 3
Collocations
9(noun.)
ADJ
empty, full | flat
fat, pot
After years of eating too much fast food, he noticed his fat belly was getting bigger.
distended, swollen | beer
BELLY + VERB
bulge
hang
After years of eating too much cake, his belly began to hang down over his belt.
swell
PREP
in your ~
The doctor said the baby moving around in your belly is completely normal at this stage.
Definitions
noun
1
The abdomen (especially a fat one).
You've grown a belly over Christmas! Time to join the gym again.
2
stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
My belly was full of wine.
3
uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)
Before I formed thee in the bellie, I knew thee; […]
4
The lower fuselage of an airplane.
There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane.
5
The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
the belly of a flask, muscle, violin, sail, or ship
[…] I cried by reason of mine affliction vnto the Lord, and hee heard mee; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voyce.
verb
1
To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly.
Bellying forward to the edge of the clearing, he found Hans, lying on his face, feathered with arrows like a porcupine.
2
To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow.
The Pow'r appeaſ'd, with Winds ſuffic'd the Sail, / The bellying Canvaſs ſtrutted with the Gale; […]
The halliards twanged against the tops, the bunting bellied broad,
3
To cause to swell out; to fill.
Your breath of full consent bellied his sails; […]
A breeze which had crossed a thousand miles of wheat-lands bellied her taffeta skirt in a line so graceful, so full of animation and moving beauty, that the heart of a chance watcher on the lower road tightened to wistfulness over her quality of suspended freedom.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Delhi belly
Digestive illness or diarrhea, especially if suffered by a visitor to India.
fire in the belly
The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.
Near-synonyms: ardor, drive, fervor, initiative, intestinal fortitude, moxie, spunk, zeal
belly up to the bar
To commit oneself to a challenge or task; to accept a responsibility; to acknowledge a fact.
Allen declines to discuss acquisition plans. . . . Nonetheless, W. Whitley Hawkins, whom Allen recently promoted to president from executive vice-president for marketing, asks the
Example Bank
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You've grown a belly over Christmas! Time to join the gym again.
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My belly was full of wine.
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Before I formed thee in the bellie, I knew thee; […]
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Bellying forward to the edge of the clearing, he found Hans, lying on his face, feathered with arrows like a porcupine.
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The Pow'r appeaſ'd, with Winds ſuffic'd the Sail, / The bellying Canvaſs ſtrutted with the Gale; […]
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The halliards twanged against the tops, the bunting bellied broad,
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