Definitie en betekenis van "go to the wall"in het Engels

to go to the wall

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

idioom

Voorbeelden

Many small businesses went to the wall during the recession.

Tijdens de recessie gingen veel kleine bedrijven kopje-onder.

alles doen wat kan, tot het uiterste gaan

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

Dialect

American

Voorbeelden

She went to the wall to protect her family.

Ze deed alles wat ze kon om haar familie te beschermen.

Nabije Woorden

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