belly up

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Related terms 1.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• belly-up

[edit] Adjective

belly up (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Dead or defunct.

   After several financial failures, the organization went belly up.

[edit] Usage notes

• Often used with go, went, or turn.

[edit] Related terms

• go belly-up

[edit] Verb

to belly up (third-person singular simple present bellies up, present participle bellying up, simple past and past participle bellied up)

1. (idiomatic) To gather close to, 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.