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bust out

verb 8
bust-out noun 3
forms 4

verb8

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(US, informal) To reveal, to show; to appear.
- The signs are everywhere: there are bells and tinsel on street lamps, shoppers on the sidewalks and Santas busting out all over. — 1977
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(US, informal) To bring out; to take out.
- They decided it was time to bust out the good hooch.
(US, informal) To escape (from); break out.
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(US, informal) To free from captivity.
- They tried to bust the prisoner out, but were thwarted by the police.
(informal, nonstandard) To burst out (laughing).
To lose by going bust.
(slang) To have sex with (a woman); to bring (a woman) to orgasm.
(slang, old-fashioned) To buy an interest in (a business) and then take out a large amount of debt, strip (the business) of assets and then cash out before (the business) goes into bankruptcy.

bust-out noun3

(slang) An escape attempt, usually from a prison.
(slang, old-fashioned) A commercial bankruptcy caused for deliberate and nefarious purposes by organized crime; any deliberately contrived bankruptcy.
(slang, old-fashioned) An attempt at cheating, such as gambling with weighted dice.

forms

busted out · busting out · busts out · bust-outs

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