bust up

  • 61bust up — {v. phr.}, {slang} To terminate a partnership, a relationship, a friendship, or a marriage. * /If Jack keeps drinking the way he does, it will bust up his marriage to Sue./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 62bust — 1. noun /ˈbʌst/ a) A sculptural portrayal of a persons head and shoulders a narcotics bust b) The breasts and upper thorax of a woman 2. verb /ˈbʌst/ …

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  • 63bust — See bust, burst …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 64bust — Synonyms and related words: abase, abasement, ado, apprehend, apprehension, arch, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, backfire, bad times, bag, bang, bankrupt, bankruptcy, barrow, bat, be ruined, become… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 65bust — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bosom, breast; statuette; informal, failure;informal, spree, fling. See convexity, representation, amusement. v. i., informal, burst (See brittleness). v. t., slang, arrest (See restraint). II (Roget… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 66bust\ up\ in — Phrase used to mean enter. I can t wait to bust up into the club …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 67bust\ up\ in — Phrase used to mean enter. I can t wait to bust up into the club …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 68bust\ up — v. phr. slang To terminate a partnership, a relationship, a friendship, or a marriage. If Jack keeps drinking the way he does, it will bust up his marriage to Sue …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 69bust —    1. financially ruined    Literally, broken. Standard English.    2. to arrest during a police raid    Again from the concept of breaking:     Professor Philip Swallow... was among sixteen people arrested on Saturday... I ve never been busted… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 70bust up — (of a group or couple) separate. → bust …

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