go bust

phrase

informal

: to spend or lose all of one's money : to go broke

The company has gone bust.

Examples of go bust in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The report this week published that 94% of English clubs would go bust after 30 days if their owners pulled funding. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

With Election Day just over a week away and early voting already in full swing in many states, expectations for big Democratic gains could weigh on the stock market, which has sold off in recent days on fears the AI boom will go bust. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

There’s no consensus about whether this tech boom is set to go bust anytime soon. — 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

Rhymes for go bust

• adjust
• combust
• discussed
• disgust
• distrust
• entrust
• intrust
• mistrust
• nonplussed
• robust
• sawdust
• stardust