Belly up

Adjective

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.AdjectiveDead or defunct.

"After several financial failures, the organization went belly up."

2.VerbTo gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks.

"He bellied up to the bar as soon as he saw a free stool."

3.VerbTo die; to fail or go out of business.

4.VerbTo lay on the back with its belly up.

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