out of business
Idioms-
No longer carrying on commercial transactions, as in He's decided to go out of business when he turns sixty-five , or The supermarkets are putting the small grocers out of business .
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Not in working order, inoperative, as in It looks as though the merry-go-round is out of business tonight . Also see out of commission ; go out , def. 5.
Example Sentences
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Dozens of its rivals declined for decades and filed for bankruptcy or went out of business.
Purists would celebrate those productivity gains, but their economic benefit would be quickly swamped by the negative implications of having entire companies go out of business in droves and surging unemployment.
From Barron's
That said, if renewables bring in an era of energy so cheap they quickly put the oil and gas giants out of business, tanking energy stocks, you would expect to see regular stock and bond funds boom from the enormous economic windfall.
From MarketWatch
It will occupy a roughly 40,000-square-foot portion of a lot formerly used by L.A. luxury furniture retailer HD Buttercup, which went out of business last year, said Wally Marks III, owner of the Helms complex.
From Los Angeles Times
Overhanging the proceedings is current sentiment for the software industry, based around the idea that artificial intelligence will disrupt all software, even driving big names out of business.
From Barron's
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