to go to the wall

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01

to suffer ruin, failure, or defeat, due to financial difficulties, and without the possibility of recovery or rescue

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to [go] to the wall definition and meaning
Idiom
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Despite efforts to save the failing business, it eventually went to the wall, unable to overcome its mounting debts.
02

to do everything that one is capable of in order to do or achieve something

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These guys will go to the wall for you.
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