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went bust

went bust is the simple past 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 went bust

What is went bust the simple past of?
Went bust is the simple past of go bust.

Words near went bust in the dictionary

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

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