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bel·ly up

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  1. belly upverb

    To gather close to, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks.

  2. belly upadjective

    Dead or defunct.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of belly up in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of belly up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of belly up in a Sentence

  1. Fred Pedreira:

    This guy, when I saw him, for a fast jet with the wheels down, I said, 'I think he's coming in too low,' then he was 90 degrees -- sideways -- and then he went belly-up into the house and it was a ball of fire. It was terrible.

  2. Pearse Doherty:

    The suggestion is that our regulation is a lot tighter and that is true for the banks but it is not true for the IFSC, we need a proper open debate about what kind of investment strategy do we want. There is no point doing this when things go belly up, if things go belly up, because that is what will happen.

  3. Liu Yonghao:

    Lots of firms have gone belly up very quickly because they can't get money from banks nor help from the government.


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    out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
    A flabby
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