go into Chapter 11

VERB

bust

Synonyms

STRONG

break crash fail pauperize

WEAK

become insolvent fold up go bankrupt

Antonyms

WEAK

aid exonerate fix help let go mend

VERB

fail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break close drop end finish

STRONG

crash defalcate default dishonor fold overdraw repudiate terminate

WEAK

be cleaned out be in arrears be ruined be taken to the cleaners become insolvent close down close one's doors drop a bundle go bankrupt go belly up go broke go bust go out of business go to the wall go under go up lose big lose one's shirt

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin commence continue start

WEAK

accomplish achieve capture complete deliver earn gain merit obtain procure prosper reach succeed win

VERB

fold

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collapse

STRONG

break bust crash crumple give impoverish pauper pauperize yield

WEAK

be ruined become insolvent go bankrupt go bust go under shut down

Antonyms

WEAK

achieve succeed

Example Sentences

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“If you’re going to go into Chapter 11, you may as well fix what’s broke,” said Jeff Kauffman, a Sterne Agee & Leach Inc. analyst in New York.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 12, 2011

If a company has financial trouble, they might have to go into Chapter 11 or cease to exist.

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2011

Auto parts suppliers are in such bad sharp that some will go into Chapter 11 or outright liquidations before the middle of the year.

From Time Magazine Archive

As credit starts to dry up, Texaco becomes the largest firm ever to go into Chapter 11.

From Time Magazine Archive

go into Chapter 11

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