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  What it means

  Literally “to go with bags.” Means to go bankrupt, to be ruined financially — “to go bust,” “to end up with nothing but the clothes on your back.”

  Vocabulary

  • torba — bag

  Grammar note

  'Z torbami' uses the instrumental plural of 'torba' after 'z'. The image is of someone reduced to carrying all their belongings in bags.

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