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Definition of bust out
bust out 
verb
- to retrieve specifically money.
I don't have any cash, so you're going to have to bust out for this.
Last edited on Mar 29 1999. Submitted by David C. from Yakima, WA, USA on Mar 29 1999.
- to escape.
He busted out of prison.
Citation from "Funhouse", Lie To Me (TV), Season 3 Episode 9 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: jail (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: to escape.
Last edited on Jan 12 2011. Submitted by John K. from Falls Church, VA, USA on Feb 06 2002.
- to "escape" in a looser sense, i.e. to discretely exit a situation, typically at a time earlier than what would be considered to be acceptable.
Dude, you gotta bust out of work and have a beer with me.
- See more words with the same meaning: to escape.
- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on Feb 06 2002. Submitted by John K. from Falls Church, VA, USA on Feb 06 2002.
- to accomplish a task.
I'd like to go out tonight but I have to bust out some homework.
- See more words with the same meaning: to accomplish, work hard.
Last edited on Oct 04 2002. Submitted by Jason D. from Costa Mesa, CA, USA on Oct 04 2002.
- to use. (This is a variant of the "to withdraw" meaning. This definition is "to use" as in "to withdraw from one's set of skills, knowledge, vocabulary, etc.")
I'm going to bust out my crazy kung fu skills.
Last edited on Mar 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 29 2010.
verb - transitive
- to yell at someone; "blow up".
Man, she really busted me out!
- See more words with the same meaning: to yell.
Last edited on Apr 25 2013. Submitted by Eva on Feb 15 1998.
- to withdraw an item from its present storage place; "retrieve".
Let's bust out those beers.
Citation from "Eagleton", Parks and Recreation (TV), Season 3 Episode 12 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "New Car", Up All Night (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to have, take, get.
Last edited on Oct 14 2011. Submitted by Alek K. from Phoenix, AZ, USA on Dec 26 1998.
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Other terms relating to 'jail (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: a prison sentence. | |
| Definitions include: federal prison. | |
| Definitions include: jail or prison. | |
| Definitions include: home. | |
| Definitions include: prison. | |
| Definitions include: To fight someone. | |
| Definitions include: n. tampon. | |
| Definitions include: a person with a life sentence in prison. | |
| Definitions include: see do time. | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: Jail or prison | |
| Definitions include: in jail | |
Other terms relating to 'money': | |
| Definitions include: gossip, secret information. | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of "moola", meaning money. | |
| Definitions include: to rap or rhyme words. | |
| Definitions include: to ejaculate. | |
| Definitions include: a $20 bag of marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: any expensive, flashy, or shiny jewelry, usually gold or silver, esp. bracelets, chains, earrings. | |
| Definitions include: money, dollars. | |
| Definitions include: worth 100,000 units of a currency to just below 1,000,000 units. | |
| Definitions include: a long time. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: an excessive amount of money. | |
| Definitions include: Money. | |
| Definitions include: one thousand dollars. | |
| Definitions include: a lot of money. | |
| Definitions include: a large amount of money. | |
Other terms relating to 'to accomplish, work hard': | |
| Definitions include: to expend significant effort waiting on (helping, being an assistant to) a person. | |
| Definitions include: to relax, usually with other friends; "chill". | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: the busy, hectic modern urban lifestyle. | |
| Definitions include: one's best effort. | |
| Definitions include: a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; "homie"; "boy". | |
| Definitions include: to do a lot of work or spend a lot of money for something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: the metaphorical substance that workaholics are addicted to. | |
| Definitions include: to complete a task with excellence. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: good tasting. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: an accomplishment that goes above and beyond what is expected; "a good job". | |
| Definitions include: to devote significant effort towards. | |
Other terms relating to 'to escape': | |
| Definitions include: to fake something to escape a situation. | |
Other terms relating to 'to give': | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to take drugs, usually LSD ("acid") or Ecstasy (MDMA). | |
| Definitions include: to begin taking effect. | |
| Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs. | |
| Definitions include: to give to; hand over. | |
| Definitions include: to smoke marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: to give. | |
| Definitions include: a contraction for "give me". | |
| Definitions include: to say or give. | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: to decline in one's talent or skill. | |
| Definitions include: to give beer to. | |
| Definitions include: an event with a displeasing outcome. | |
Other terms relating to 'to go, leave, exit': | |
| Definitions include: to leave or go. | |
| Definitions include: spelling and pronunciation variant of "shake the spot", meaning to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to leave quickly; "haul ass". | |
| Definitions include: to move or to go. | |
| Definitions include: to do illegal drugs, especially heroin. | |
| Definitions include: leaving. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "got to go". | |
| Definitions include: To exit somewhere quickly. | |
| Definitions include: To go, to leave, to depart. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: To leave. | |
Other terms relating to 'to have, take, get': | |
| Definitions include: To fight someone. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire. | |
| Definitions include: "has". | |
| Definitions include: to arrest. | |
| Definitions include: "have". | |
| Definitions include: to acquire. | |
| Definitions include: to get. | |
| Definitions include: to find. | |
| Definitions include: to have, to take. | |
| Definitions include: to have in one's possession. | |
| Definitions include: female genitalia. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire discretely. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to; deceive. | |
| Definitions include: to execute or murder, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated. | |
Other terms relating to 'to yell': | |
| Definitions include: misspelling of "ream". | |
| Definitions include: to yell. | |
| Definitions include: to become angry at and yell (that is, to "bitch") at someone. | |
| Definitions include: to yell at. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'bust': | |
| Definitions include: an event with a displeasing outcome. | |
| Definitions include: to perform a u-turn in a vehicle. | |
| Definitions include: to fire a bullet; "shoot". | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: to make a joke | |
| Definitions include: to dance. | |
| Definitions include: to eat. | |
| Definitions include: To defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: in the UK, the equivalent of the American bust a nut. | |
| Definitions include: to ejaculate. | |
| Definitions include: to dance. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: to have an erection. | |
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Other terms relating to 'out': | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: Slang for having a shit. | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch". | |
| Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.) | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: also balls to the wall. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
| Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to violently beat. | |
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