go bust

Not too long ago, there was widespread fear that the federal government and many states and cities would go bust.

Even a bluffing superpower can be forced to ante up ... or perhaps fold as casualties mount and treasury accounts go bust.

If this were so then, of course, banks and companies would never go bust.

But as with marriage generally, same-sex marriages sometimes go bust.

The grass was coming—what was the use of depositing money in the bank which would probably go bust tomorrow?

So it's up to We, Us & Co. to see the thing through, or go bust.

"But don't you-all go bust no new pai'h," she advised economically.