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[ verb ] reduce to bankruptcy
Examples "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!" "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Yet some , like Morris_Manderscheid , would bankrupt themselves for the new ideas . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] financially ruined
Examples "a bankrupt company" Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)In 1927 his father 's business collapsed , and , rather_than go bankrupt , Mercer senior turned his firm over to a bank for liquidation . Related terms |
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