file for bankruptcy
idiom
: to officially ask to be legally recognized as bankrupt
The company filed for bankruptcy in July.
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That decision eventually led her to file for bankruptcy just a few years after reaching millionaire status.
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Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
My advocacy team and I have seen this with gift cards for restaurant chains that file for bankruptcy, often taking the value of those cards with them.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
After all, how many firms in any industry file for bankruptcy within six months of emerging from the previous bankruptcy.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Pinstripes joins countless other retailers shuttering doors Pinstripes is certainly not the first company to file for bankruptcy and shut its doors this year.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
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Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
My advocacy team and I have seen this with gift cards for restaurant chains that file for bankruptcy, often taking the value of those cards with them.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
After all, how many firms in any industry file for bankruptcy within six months of emerging from the previous bankruptcy.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Pinstripes joins countless other retailers shuttering doors Pinstripes is certainly not the first company to file for bankruptcy and shut its doors this year.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for file for bankruptcy
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“File for bankruptcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/file%20for%20bankruptcy. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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