belly up

Definitions

1. 1

   Dead or defunct.

   • After several financial failures, the organization went belly up.
2. 2

   To gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic…

   To 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.
   • Belly-up to the bar boys and have a drink with me, […]
3. 3

   To die

   To die; to fail or go out of business.

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   1. 4

      To lay on the back with its belly up.

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