out of business
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"Their goal was to put themselves out of business, to be able to get to the end of the year and say, 'You don't need me anymore,'" Yee said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
A different online pharmacy, which urged people to stock up on as much medication as possible, said the change would put it out of business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He added they gave their "decent, hardworking" counterparts a bad name and hoped to put "the cowboys out of business".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Becky Davis, who told the council that she and her husband owned a gun store in Goleta long before the city incorporated in 2002, said: “You zoned me out of business, literally.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Dad found a cheap upright when a saloon in the next town over went out of business, and he borrowed a neighbor’s pickup to bring it home.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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