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out of business
No longer carrying on commercial transactions, as in He's decided to go out of business when he turns sixty-five , or The supermarkets are putting the small grocers out of business .
Not in working order, inoperative, as in It looks as though the merry-go-round is out of business tonight . Also see out of commission ; go out , def. 5.
Example Sentences
The main street is studded with empty shops, many reportedly put out of business by the cost of repeated floods.
Having languished in the fifth tier of English football since relegation from the Football League in 2008 and nearly going out of business, Wrexham were transformed when they were bought by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in 2021.
"Where are the future hairdressers going to come from if good, employed salons go out of business?"
Five of the 1992-93 shirt sponsors - Commodore, Fisons, ICI, Mita Copiers and Tulip Computers - have since gone out of business.
In recent years, the slumping prices have pushed some almond growers out of business, leaving orchards up for sale in places throughout the Central Valley.
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