"bust off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bust off.wav Forms: busts off [present, singular, third-person], busting off [participle, present], busted off [participle, past], busted off [past], bust off [participle, past], bust off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bust<,,:bust> off}} bust off (third-person singular simple present busts off, present participle busting off, simple past and past participle busted off or bust off)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (a gun); to shoot or start a shootout. Tags: intransitive, slang, transitive

Inflected forms

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        },
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        "(transitive, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (a gun); to shoot or start a shootout."
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