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- DictionaryBust/bəst/
verb
- 1. break, split, or burst (something): "they bust the tunnel wide open"
- 2. raid or search (premises where illegal activity is suspected): North American "their house got busted"
noun
- 1. a period of economic difficulty or depression: "the boom was followed by the present bust"
- 2. a raid or arrest by the police: "a drug bust"
adjective
- 1. bankrupt: "firms will go bust"
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- bust out
- bust up
- or bust
- go bust
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1 bust /ˈbʌst/ noun
plural busts
1 bust
/ˈbʌst/
noun
[phrasal verb] informal
1
bust out (doing something) : to begin (doing something) suddenly : to burst out (doing something)
•She just busted out laughing.
2
bust out (something) or bust (something) out : to take (something) from the place where it is stored so that it can be used
[phrasal verb] informal
1
: to end your relationship with someone
•Their marriage busted up after three years.
•Didn't you hear? They busted up. [=(more commonly) broke up, separated]
2
informal
— used to say that you will do everything possible to get somewhere
•The sign on the car said “New Orleans or bust!”
[count] informal
1
US : a complete failure : flop — usually singular
informal
: to spend or lose all of your money : to go broke
•The company has gone bust.
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Bust definition: a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.. See examples of BUST used in a sentence.
