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bust one's balls

verb1

(vulgar) To work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.

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bust someone's balls

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(slang, vulgar) To give someone a hard time, whether by playfully teasing or sincerely harassing them.
- Henry: All day long I thought the guys in the helicopter were just local cops busting my balls over Lufthansa. But they turned out to be narcs. — 1990

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