go to the wall

go to the wall
(informal).See fail sense 1.
wall

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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 successfulsynonym closing a business and ceasing to operate a businesssynonym
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

Many firms have gone to the wall in this recession.

Main entry:wallidiom

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