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gone bust

gone bust is the past participle of go bust.

Meaning of go bust

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To become bankrupt.
    • Several thousand companies go bust in the UK each year.

Questions about gone bust

What is gone bust the past participle of?
Gone bust is the past participle of go bust.

Words near gone bust in the dictionary

  1. gone beyond the pale
  2. gone big or gone home
  3. gone bonkers
  4. gone both ways
  5. gone brrr
  6. gone bust
  7. gone by
  8. gone by lunchtime
  9. gone by the board
  10. gone by the name of
  11. gone by the wayside

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