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bellied up to the bar

bellied up to the bar is the simple past and past participle of belly up to the bar.

Meaning of belly up to the bar

Verb

belly up to the bar (third-person singular simple present bellies up to the bar, present participle bellying up to the bar, simple past and past participle bellied up to the bar)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To commit oneself to a challenge or task; to accept a responsibility; to acknowledge a fact.
    • Allen declines to discuss acquisition plans. . . . Nonetheless, W. Whitley Hawkins, whom Allen recently promoted to president from executive vice-president for marketing, asks the question out loud: "Are we going to belly up to the bar? All Pan Am assets for sale have some appeal to us."1991 June 2, “If Delta's Going To Make A Move, 'It's Now Or Never'”, in Businessweek, retrieved 05 Apr 2015

Questions about bellied up to the bar

What is bellied up to the bar the simple past and past participle of?
Bellied up to the bar is the simple past and past participle of belly up to the bar.

Words near bellied up to the bar in the dictionary

  1. bellidiflorin
  2. bellidoite
  3. bellied
  4. bellied out
  5. bellied up
  6. bellied up to the bar
  7. bellies
  8. bellies of the beasts
  9. bellies out
  10. bellies up
  11. bellies up to the bar

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