4
owe(verb, have, lost, incur)
2
be cleaned out(verb, break, drop, close, end)
2
be ruined(verb, break, drop, close, end)
2
be taken to the cleaners(verb, break, drop, close, end)
2
become insolvent(verb, expression, break, drop, close)
2
close down(verb, expression, break, drop, close)
2
crash(verb, break, drop, close, end)
2
defalcate(verb, break, drop, close, end)
2
default(verb, break, drop, close, end)
2
dishonor(verb, break, drop, close, end)
2
drop a bundle(expression, idiom, break, drop, close)
2
finish(verb, break, drop, close, end)
2
fold(verb, break, drop, close, end)
2
go bankrupt(verb, expression, break, drop, close)
2
go belly up(expression, idiom, break, drop, close)
2
go broke(verb, expression, break, drop, close)
2
go bust(verb, expression, break, drop, close)
2
go out of business(expression, idiom, break, drop, close)
2
go to the wall(expression, idiom, break, drop, close)
2
go under(verb, expression, break, drop, close)
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