BUST UP meaning: End a relationship or partnership

We found 20 dictionaries that define the word bust up:

General (16 matching dictionaries)

bust-up, bust up: Merriam-Webster
bust-up, bust up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
bust-up, bust-up: Collins English Dictionary
bust-up, bust up: Vocabulary.com
bust-up: Wordnik
bust-up, bust up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
bust-up, bust up: Wiktionary
bust-up: Infoplease Dictionary
bust-up, bust up: Dictionary.com
bust-up, bust up: Rhymezone
bust-up, bust up: FreeDictionary.org
bust-up, bust up: Mnemonic Dictionary
bust-up, bust up: TheFreeDictionary.com
bust up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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bust up: Encyclopedia

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bust up: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

bust up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
bust up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bust up)

▸ verb:  (US, informal, transitive) To physically damage or ruin; to be ruined; to go bankrupt; to end (something).
▸ verb:  (US, informal, intransitive) To break up (end a relationship).
▸ verb:  (slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (someone).
▸ verb:  (slang) To express sudden and intense emotions; to burst into loud laughter.
▸ verb:  (slang, Australia) To spend money wildly, especially on alcoholic drinks.

Similar:

wrack, wreck, bust down, smash up, buss down, smash, bust, bugger up, break, destroy, more...

Types:

breakup, divorce, separation, breakdown, breakthrough, breakout, more...

Phrases:

bust up takeover, bust them up, bust it up, more...

Adjectives:

bust, bang-up, banged up, routed, bang up, beat up, kipper, smasheroo, bang on, smashing, wax

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