go to the wall
Fight until finished
To go to the wall is to fail completely, especially in business—to be ruined or forced into bankruptcy: Several small shops went to the wall when the supermarket opened.
The phrase can also mean to make an extreme sacrifice or effort for something: She'd go to the wall for her kids.
Both senses suggest being pushed to the limit.
- failBe unsuccessful
- flopComplete commercial failure
- last standUltimate defensive effort
- do or dieRequiring total commitment
- go down swingingLose without giving up
last ditch effort · surrender · succumb · self-sacrifice · go under · go bankrupt · collapse · martyrdom · financial ruin · insolvency · close · fold · bust · desperation · giving up · crash · foreclosure · debt crisis
persistence/surrender
go to the wallpersevere
Continue despite obstacles
hang in there · keep going · soldier on · survive · endure