belly up
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- (idiomatic) If a company goes belly up, it goes bankrupt and has to close down.
- After several financial failures, the organization went belly up.
- (idiomatic) If you belly up to the bar, counter, table, etc. you sit down there, ready to drink or eat.
- It's time to belly up to the bar for a cocktail or two.