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    [Adjective]  | "bel*ly-up" | \ ˈbe-lē-ˈəp \


    1: hopelessly ruined or defeated; especially : bankrupt

    Origin: 1918 ;

     From the floating position of a dead fish;

    [Verb]  | "belly up" 


    1: to move close or next to

    Origin: 1880 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "belly up to" 


    1: to walk to or toward (something) —usually used in the phrase belly up to the bar.

    [Idiom]  | "go belly-up" 


    1: to fail completely

    [Verb]  | "belly up" 


    1: to come near or nearer;


      * e.g., " ... belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves "




     [ "belly up" ]

    1: Dead. This comes from how fish float up to the surface "belly up" when they die

      * e.g.,  ... one of my goldfish went belly up last night, now I have to flush it. 

     [ "Belly-up" ]

    1: Slang term in the metro st. louis/illinois area that refers to something in Belleville; a Belleville hot spot or scene.

      * e.g.,  ... Tonight we're going "belly-up" at the Belleville skate park. 

     [ "go belly up" ]

    1: go into bankruptcy

      * e.g.,  ... despite her best efforts, the small business was doomed to go belly up. 

     [ "Bellied-up to the bar" ]

    1: When one sits are the Bar and drinks.

      * e.g.,  ... Hali found her boyfriend Anthony bellied-up to the bar drinking another IPA. 

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