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
Bonaventurebawn-ə-VEN-chər (English)History
Armour['a:mə]
RyleyRIE-leeEnglish (Modern)
BeeBEEEnglish
SonjaZAWN-yah (German), SON-yah (Finnish)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonia
Boos-Biblical Greek