"bust out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-bust out.ogg [Australia] Forms: busts out [present, singular, third-person], busting out [participle, present], busted out [participle, past], busted out [past], bust out [colloquial, participle, past], bust out [colloquial, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=bust out|past2_qual=colloquial}} bust out (third-person singular simple present busts out, present participle busting out, simple past and past participle busted out or (colloquial) bust out)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To escape (from); break out. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bust_out-en-verb-mMYpOwKI
  2. (informal, transitive) To free from captivity. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-bust_out-en-verb-LoKRXpLK
  3. (US, informal, intransitive) To reveal, to show. Tags: US, informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bust_out-en-verb-imA0TMUe Categories (other): American English
  4. (US, informal) To bring out; to take out. Tags: US, informal Synonyms: break out
    Sense id: en-bust_out-en-verb-qnBkT4ER Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 5 14 25 14 6 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 5 11 31 12 5 12 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 14 5 14 30 19 5 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 5 12 33 12 3 12
  5. (US, informal, nonstandard) To burst out (laughing). Tags: US, informal, nonstandard Categories (topical): Laughter
    Sense id: en-bust_out-en-verb-sCT~Oscg Disambiguation of Laughter: 4 1 5 13 68 5 4 Categories (other): American English
  6. (blackjack, intransitive) To lose by going bust. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bust_out-en-verb-xpeOUfNI Topics: blackjack, games
  7. (slang, dated) 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. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-bust_out-en-verb-J2NYWILD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bust-out man

Inflected forms

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        "(informal, intransitive) To escape (from); break out."
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        "To lose by going bust."
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        "(blackjack, intransitive) To lose by going bust."
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        "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."
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        "(slang, dated) 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."
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