out of business
idiom
: closed down : no longer in business
My favorite flower shop is out of business.
The store has gone out of business.
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Wedding barn owners mounted the loudest objections to the measure, saying the new requirements would be too expensive and onerous, and would put them out of business.
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Scott Bauer, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
The second Walmart order ended up short $50,000 when the manufacturer went out of business.
—Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
Some in the conservative media opposition feared that as smaller operations, an uptick in lawsuits would put them out of business.
—Lori Rozsa and Elahe Izadi, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
Gully spent most of last season trying to put the DWL out of business one way or another.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 May 2023
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Scott Bauer, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
The second Walmart order ended up short $50,000 when the manufacturer went out of business.
—Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
Some in the conservative media opposition feared that as smaller operations, an uptick in lawsuits would put them out of business.
—Lori Rozsa and Elahe Izadi, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
Gully spent most of last season trying to put the DWL out of business one way or another.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 May 2023
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“Out of business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20of%20business. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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