go broke

1. Also, go bust. Undergo financial collapse, lose most or all of one's money. For example, The company's about to go broke, or The producer of that movie went bust. The first expression dates from the mid-1600s; the second, slangier variant dates from the mid-1800s.

Example Sentences

Sometimes you go broke and tell your funny story about the importance of due diligence to young investors.

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"And if this continues, a lot of folks like me are going to go broke too."

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In this episode, Amanda explains why Brett is an example of how Ben Shapiro, the Daily Wire’s founding editor-in-chief, never really believed the “go woke, go broke” nonsense he shamelessly promotes.

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Indeed, it seems likely he never really believed the “go woke, go broke” nonsense.

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"At least back home in Nigeria, if you go broke, I can find my sister or my parents and go and eat free food. It's not the same here. You will go hungry."

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Related Words

• break 
• close 
• drop 
• end 
• finish