bellied up; bellying up; bellies up
: to move close or next to
bellied up to the bar
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Examples of belly-up in a Sentence
Verb
belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves
Recent Examples on the Web
Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Small fish float belly-up alongside snakelike tubes of irrigation piping.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
But it’s been plagued by desertions in recent years as the oil-rich nation’s economy went belly up under Maduro’s watch.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
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Adjective
Usually, a belly-up fish isn’t long for this world.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Small fish float belly-up alongside snakelike tubes of irrigation piping.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
Verb
Shop our list below to pocket up to 75% in savings before the discounts go belly up.
—Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
But it’s been plagued by desertions in recent years as the oil-rich nation’s economy went belly up under Maduro’s watch.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
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“Belly-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belly-up. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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