be put out of business



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be put out of business

To be caused or forced to cease carrying on commercial trading or transactions. Our bookstore has been a part of the neighborhood for nearly 50 years, but we're being put out of business by these new electronic books that you can download. I hear that Mike's company has been put out of business due to allegations of insider trading.
See also: business, of, out, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fionnbarra-Irish
Clarus-Late Roman
Rudy['ru:di]
Sharif-Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Persian, Malay
An (1)-Chinese, Vietnamese
Zaina-Arabic