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going bankrupt

going bankrupt is the present participle and gerund of go bankrupt.

Meaning of go bankrupt

Verb

go bankrupt (third-person singular simple present goes bankrupt, present participle going bankrupt, simple past went bankrupt, past participle gone bankrupt)

  1. (intransitive) To become bankrupt; to go into liquidation.
    • Several thousand companies go bankrupt in the UK each year.

Questions about going bankrupt

What is going bankrupt the present participle and gerund of?
Going bankrupt is the present participle and gerund of go bankrupt.

Words near going bankrupt in the dictionary

  1. going backwards
  2. going bad
  3. going ballistic
  4. going balls up
  5. going bananas
  6. going bankrupt
  7. going barrel
  8. going barrels
  9. going batshit
  10. going begging
  11. going belly-up

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