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go to the wall |
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go to the wall (on something) to take on great risk or to hold out to the very last on some issue. I will go to the wall on this point. This is a very important matter and I will go to the wall if necessary. See also: wall go to the wall if a business or other organization goes to the wall, it fails and cannot continue After nine months of massive losses, the company finally went to the wall. In theory, good schools will grow and prosper and bad schools will go to the wall. See also: wall go to the wall to be defeated or destroyed They believe in a completely free market, and would let the weakest groups or individuals go to the wall. See also: wall go to the wall (for somebody/something) to do as much as is possible Friends and colleagues were ready to go to the wall for Hal, but he didn't want anyone's help. See also: wall How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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You leave your good father, my dear, in hands as earnest and as loving as your own; he shall be taken every conceivable care of; during the next fortnight, while you are in Warwickshire and thereabouts, even Tellson's shall go to the wall (comparatively speaking) before him. |
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