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Idiom

all to smash

Meaning

Ruined; bankrupt.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The business went all to smash after the owner left.”

“After the market crash, the family's long-term savings went all to smash in just one week.”

“Despite his careful planning and years of hard work, the entire project went all to smash when the primary investor suddenly withdrew his support.”

Examples

simple

“The business went all to smash after the owner left.”

contextual

“After the market crash, the family's long-term savings went all to smash in just one week.”

complex

“Despite his careful planning and years of hard work, the entire project went all to smash when the primary investor suddenly withdrew his support.”

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