A failure; a flop: "The home-style bean curd is a bust, oily and rubbery” ( Mark and Gail Barnett).
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A punch; a blow.
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A spree: a fraternity beer bust.
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A state of bankruptcy.
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Slang A raid.
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verb-intransitive
Games To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21.
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Slang To burst; break: "Several companies have threatened to bust out of their high-wage contracts by the dubious technique of declaring bankruptcy” ( Washington Post).
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Slang To undergo breakage; become broken.
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To become bankrupt or short of money.
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verb-transitive
Slang To make a police raid on.
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Slang To place under arrest.
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Slang To reduce in rank. See Synonyms at demote.
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Slang To render inoperable or unusable: busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins.
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Slang To smash or break, especially forcefully: "Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table” ( Garrison Keillor).
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verb
To break or smash especially with force.
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To make inoperative.
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To bring an end to.
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To ruin financially.
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To give a hard time to.
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idiom
Butt Vulgar Slang To make a strenuous effort; work very hard.
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