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go bankrupt

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go bankrupt (third-person singular simple present goes bankrupt, present participle going bankrupt, simple past went bankrupt, past participle gone bankrupt)

(intransitive) To become bankrupt.

Several thousand companies go bankrupt in the UK each year.

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The Government cannot afford to have a country made up entirely of rich people, because rich people pay so little tax that the Government would quickly go bankrupt. This is why Government men always tell us that labor is man's noblest calling. Government needs labor to pay its upkeep. Russell Baker

Since Medicare is on track to go bankrupt in 2024, the de facto Obama Medicare plan is to rob it and watch it disappear, leaving future generations without any hope of receiving benefits and today's seniors with an unpredictable future. Reince Priebus

You have to struggle a bit, hustle a little, and be willing to go bankrupt. Once you're willing to do that, everything opens up and you get the freedom. My joke is that next year, I'll make the first film that costs zero dollars. Nick Nolte

Investment banks manage to go bankrupt through their investment-banking activities, commercial banks manage to go bankrupt through their commercial-banking activities. Ben Bernanke

Normality is a way to nowhere. A normal company will go bankrupt. Jonas Ridderstråle

It's not about success. Whatever happens, it doesn't matter. I would like to not go bankrupt or get some incurable disease, but other than that, I'm just happy to keep going. Dan Auerbach

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