go bankrupt

idiom

: to be unable to pay one's debts
The company went bankrupt.

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Many of their people have no concept of a world in which people go bankrupt over medical bills, something that is an everyday reality in the US. Dylan Scott, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024 The problems are not susceptible to one solution but families should not go bankrupt from interminable family law litigation. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 30 Oct. 2024 That means that Pierpoint doesn’t have the money to pay back the companies that bought said debt, which could mean that the bank would essentially go bankrupt. Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024 But the scene unfairly dismisses the plight of the many American patients who can literally go bankrupt paying for necessary medical care. John Russell, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for go bankrupt 

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“Go bankrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20bankrupt. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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