go bust
idiom
informal
: to spend or lose all of one's money : to go broke
The company has gone bust.
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There’s no consensus about whether this tech boom is set to go bust anytime soon.
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Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
An insurance company could sell life or health care policies, pay executives lavish salaries, and go bust when policyholders start to die off or get sick.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
But a tinge of fear is starting to shadow that exuberance as investors worry the AI boom could go bust.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2025
Blackstone has issued debt to build data centers; not wanting to be among those who go bust, Gray can hedge the risk by securing a fifteen-year lease agreement from a tech giant such as Microsoft or Amazon, which are some of the most creditworthy customers in existence.
—Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
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Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
An insurance company could sell life or health care policies, pay executives lavish salaries, and go bust when policyholders start to die off or get sick.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
But a tinge of fear is starting to shadow that exuberance as investors worry the AI boom could go bust.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2025
Blackstone has issued debt to build data centers; not wanting to be among those who go bust, Gray can hedge the risk by securing a fifteen-year lease agreement from a tech giant such as Microsoft or Amazon, which are some of the most creditworthy customers in existence.
—Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Go bust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20bust. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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