lose one's shirt

lose one's shirt

Face financial ruin, go bankrupt, as in He lost his shirt in the last recession. This expression implies one has lost even one's shirt. [Early 1900s]

See also: lose, shirt

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
IÑAki		-	Basque
Ivan		['aivən]
Stevo		-	Serbian, Croatian
Nikolas		-	Greek, English
Reina (2)		-	Yiddish
JaromÍR		-	Czech

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