Usually means: Promising start, ultimately unsuccessful outcome.
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  1. busted flush: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. busted flush: Wiktionary
  3. busted flush: Dictionary.com
  4. busted flush: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. busted flush: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (busted flush)

noun:  (UK, poker) A potential flush which ultimately was not filled.
noun:  (UK, idiomatic) Anything which ends up worthless despite great potential.

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