Go tits up In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "go tits up", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jenne Phuong calendar 2021-07-14 09:07

Meaning of Go tits up

Go tits up slang rude

The phrase is a play on "go belly up". "Tits up" is sometimes hyphenated.

If something "goes tits up", it comes to a halt and stops operating.

A: "Where is your phone?" B: "I leave it at home. It went tits up last week."

Our relationship might go tits up because we can't be reconciled with each other.

 If someone/something "goes tits up", he/she ends in failure or something totally fails.

The business went tits up, therefore, hundreds of employees were out of work.

The plan would have gone tits up if we hadn't cooperated with each other.

Grammar and Usage of Go tits up

Verb Forms

  • goes tits up
  • going tits up
  • went tits up
  • to go tits up
  • have/has/had gone tits up

The verb "go" should be conjugated according to its tense. 

Origin of Go tits up

This is a 20th-century phrase, probably of military origin. 

The Origin Cited: phrases.org.uk .
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