- bust out phrasal
- verb (I) informal to escape from a place, especially prison
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
bust out phrasal
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bust out — intransitive verb : to fail to attain in a school or training program the minimum grades required for continuing : flunk out transitive verb 1. dialect : to plough out 2. : to drop (as from a school or training program) usually because of failure … Useful english dictionary
bust out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms bust out : present tense I/you/we/they bust out he/she/it busts out present participle busting out past tense bust out or busted out past participle bust out or busted out informal to escape from prison … English dictionary
bust — bust1 [ bʌst ] noun * 1. ) count a model of the head and shoulders of a person made out of stone, wood, metal, etc.: a bust of Shakespeare 2. ) count a woman s breasts, used especially when taking their measurements: Measure the hips, waist, and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bust — bust1 [bʌst] v past tense and past participle bust BrE also busted especially AmE [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(break)¦ 2¦(police)¦ 3¦(try hard)¦ 4¦(money)¦ 5 crime busting/union busting/budget busting etc 6 ... or bust! 7¦(milit … Dictionary of contemporary English
bust — I UK [bʌst] / US noun Word forms bust : singular bust plural busts * 1) [countable] a model of the head and shoulders of a person made out of stone, wood, metal etc a bust of Shakespeare 2) [countable] a woman s breasts, used especially when… … English dictionary
wear out — verb 1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress (Freq. 2) We wore ourselves out on this hike • Syn: ↑tire, ↑wear upon, ↑tire out, ↑wear, ↑weary, ↑jade, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
butt — butt1 [ bʌt ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL the part of your body that you sit on: BOTTOM: They ought to get off their butts and go back to work. a pain in the butt: That old computer is a pain in the butt! => KICK1 2. ) the part of a cigarette or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bottom — Refers to the base support level for market prices of any type. Also used in the context of securities to refer to the lowest market price of a security during a specific time frame. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. bottom bot‧tom 1… … Financial and business terms
Lemnian language — The Lemnian language is a language of the 6th century BC spoken on the island of Lemnos. It is mainly attested by an inscription found on a funerary stele, termed the Lemnos stele, discovered in 1885 near Kaminia. However, fragments of… … Wikipedia
boom — [[t]bu͟ːm[/t]] ♦♦♦ booms, booming, boomed 1) N COUNT: usu sing If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold. An economic boom followed, especially … English dictionary
