bust up
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[edit]bust up (third-person singular simple present busts up, present participle busting up, simple past and past participle busted up or (colloquial) bust up)
- (US, informal, transitive) To physically damage or ruin; to be ruined; to go bankrupt; to end (something).
- 2005, Ken Shamrock, Beyond the Lion's Den: The Life, The Fights, The Techniques:
- The doctor told me nothing that I didn't already know; my hand was busted up pretty good. It was too early to tell how badly it had been busted up, but I was most definitely out of the tournament.
- (US, informal, intransitive) To break up (end a relationship).
- 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 19:
- I knew, because both Alison and Penny had taught me, that busting up with someone could be miserable, but I didn't know that getting off with someone could be miserable too.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (someone).
- (slang) To express sudden and intense emotions; to burst into loud laughter.
- (slang, Australia) To spend money wildly, especially on alcoholic drinks.
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