go out of business

go out of business
go out of business
to stop doing commerce or business. •

The new shop will probably go out of business if sales don't get better.

I have to work hard to keep from going out of business.

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{v. phr.} To cease functioning as a commercial enterprise. * /The windows of the store are all boarded up because they went out of business./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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