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- put (someone or something) out of business
put (someone or something) out of business
put (someone or something) out of business
To cause or force a person, company, group, or organization to cease commercial trading. The advent of digital books has revolutionized the publishing industry, but unfortunately it has also put a lot of traditional book sellers and publishers out of business. The government put us out of business after news of alleged insider trading was leaked to the media.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Ginny | | JIN-ee | English |
Beverley | | BEV-ər-lee | English |
SoffÍA | | - | Icelandic |
Dragomir | | - | Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic |
Olwen | | - | Welsh |
Kaolin | | - | English (Rare) |