go to the wall

(informal).See fail sense 1.

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go to the wall see under ↑wall

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Main Entry: ↑go

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go to the wall british informal phrase

to fail, especially when this involves losing all your business and money

No-one was surprised when the company finally went to the wall.

Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being successful_synonym closing a business and ceasing to operate a business_synonym

Main entry: wall

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informal

1) (of a business) fail; go out of business

2) support someone or something, no matter what the cost to oneself

the tendency for poets to go to the wall for their beliefs

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go to the wall

informal

1 US : to make every possible effort to achieve something, to win, etc.

He's prepared to go to the wall to defend his beliefs.

2 Brit : to fail because of a lack of money

a company that has gone to the wall

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Main Entry: ↑wall

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go to the ˈwall idiom

(informal) (of a company or an organization) to fail because of lack of money

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Many firms have gone to the wall in this recession.

Main entry: ↑wall_idiom