go to the wall

English - Turkish

Definition of go to the wall in English Turkish dictionary: (Ticaret) batmak; altta kalmak; sermayeyi kediye yüklemek; yenilmek; (deyim) iflas etmek; zor duruma düşmek
go the wall: iflas etmek
to go to the wall: iflasın eşiğinde olmak

English - English

Definition of go to the wall in English English dictionary: To make an all-out effort
That was the one point he was willing to go to the wall on.; To fail, to run out of options; To lose a conflict or be defeated; yield - "Despite their efforts, the team went to the wall."To be forced into bankruptcy; fail.To make an all-out effort, especially in defending another; be defeated, fail; go bankrupt

go to the wall

Turkish pronunciation

gō tı dhi wôl

/ˈgō tə ᴛʜē ˈwôl/ /ˈɡoʊ tə ðiː ˈwɔːl/

() From a fight or military retreating until they cannot escape; see have one's back to the wall and retreat to the wall doctrine in common law.

... AND JACK THREW ME INTO THIS WALL. ...

... mankind has hit a wall. ...

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