belly up
See also: belly-up
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editbelly up (third-person singular simple present bellies up, present participle bellying up, simple past and past participle bellied up)
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks.
- He bellied up to the bar as soon as he saw a free stool.
- (intransitive) To die; to fail or go out of business.
- (intransitive, of a dog) To lay on the back with its belly up.