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Nobody's business | What does this mean: "The soup's off"?
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Out of business Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:04 am  Out of business		  
hi,

Test No. incompl/inter-52 "Business Expressions (1)", question 10

Although they had high hopes that they would be successful, they ......... out of business within six months.

(a) turned
(b) came
(c) went
(d) fell

Can we use the phrase 'fell out of business'?? If not why??
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Use Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:39 am  Use		  
Hi,

The answer is no.

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