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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What happens to elderly people living in nursing homes when those facilities go bust?
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Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Insurers frequently go bust in Florida and Louisiana, whose own last-resort providers have ballooned.
—Mark Gongloff, Twin Cities, 19 Feb. 2025
But does that mean Washington’s whole case will go bust?
—Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
And not only can the nursing homes not handle this volume of people, but the Medicaid system will go bust.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Insurers frequently go bust in Florida and Louisiana, whose own last-resort providers have ballooned.
—Mark Gongloff, Twin Cities, 19 Feb. 2025
But does that mean Washington’s whole case will go bust?
—Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
And not only can the nursing homes not handle this volume of people, but the Medicaid system will go bust.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Go bust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20bust. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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