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belly up

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Adjective

  1. Dead or defunct.
  2. Alternative spelling of belly up.

Verb

  1. To gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks.
  2. To die; to fail or go out of business.
  3. To lay on the back with its belly up.

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