A rumour has surfaced that the company is about to go out of business.有传言说这家公司要停业了。Staff were whispering that the company was about to go out of business.员工私下在传，说公司要倒闭了。They made good on their threat and forced the company to go out of business.他们的恐吓来真的了，迫使这家公司歇了业。