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to go to the wall
01
kopje-onder gaan, failliet gaan
to suffer ruin, failure, or defeat, due to financial difficulties, and without the possibility of recovery or rescue
Dialect
British
British![to [go] to the wall definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/41768/original/?type=jpeg "to [go] to the wall definition and meaning")
idiom
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The once successful restaurant faced fierce competition and eventually went to the wall, unable to attract enough customers to sustain itself.
De luchtvaartmaatschappij ging kopje-onder na jaren van zware verliezen.
02
alles doen wat kan, tot het uiterste gaan
to do everything that one is capable of in order to do or achieve something
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American
AmericanVoorbeelden
He went to the wall to defend his beliefs.
Ze deed alles wat ze kon om haar familie te beschermen.
