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wall-to-wall [ ˌwɔːltəˈwɔːl ]

• (of a carpet) fitted to cover an entire floor.
• "he padded across the wall-to-wall carpeting"

go to the wall

• (of a business) go out of business; fail.
• "thousands of firms are expected to go to the wall this year"
Similar: fail, collapse, go bankrupt, become insolvent, go into receivership, go into liquidation, crash, fold (up), go under, founder, be ruined, cave in, go broke, go bust, go bump, go belly up, come a cropper, flop,
• support someone or something, no matter what the cost to oneself.
• "the tendency for poets to go to the wall for their beliefs"


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