Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go bust

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: go -bust
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become bankrupt.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Several thousand companies go bust in the UK each year."
"Steam gave a last hurrah for some, but North British went bust in 1962, unable to make the transition to modern traction."
"It is not difficult to believe [...] that if an extra pat of butter were given on any one morning to each of the five hunderd boys the school would (to use their elegant expression) go bust!"

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

goes bust (present, singular) going bust (participle, present) went bust (past) gone bust (participle, past)

Synonyms

go bankrupt go under go belly-up

Questions

What does go bust mean?: To become bankrupt.

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