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bellies up to the bar

bellies up to the bar is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bellies up to the bar

What is bellies up to the bar the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bellies up to the bar is the third-person singular simple present indicative of belly up to the bar.

Words near bellies up to the bar in the dictionary

  1. bellied up to the bar
  2. bellies
  3. bellies of the beasts
  4. bellies out
  5. bellies up
  6. bellies up to the bar
  7. belliesful
  8. belliferous
  9. belligerati
  10. belligerence
  11. belligerences

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