"bust chops" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "busts chops",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "busting chops",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "busted chops",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "busted chops",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "head": "bust (someone's) chops"
      },
      "expansion": "bust (someone's) chops (third-person singular simple present busts chops, present participle busting chops, simple past and past participle busted chops)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The boss has been busting chops all day."
        },
        {
          "text": "The boss busted our chops all week."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To nag; to berate or hound in an effort to elicit action."
      ],
      "id": "en-bust_chops-en-verb--7QsOFJ7",
      "links": [
        [
          "nag",
          "nag"
        ],
        [
          "berate",
          "berate"
        ],
        [
          "hound",
          "hound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal) To nag; to berate or hound in an effort to elicit action."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bust one's chops"
        },
        {
          "word": "back-breaker"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "ball-breaker"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "ball-buster"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "bust someone's balls"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bust chops"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "busts chops",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "busting chops",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "busted chops",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "busted chops",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "bust (someone's) chops"
      },
      "expansion": "bust (someone's) chops (third-person singular simple present busts chops, present participle busting chops, simple past and past participle busted chops)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bust one's chops"
    },
    {
      "word": "back-breaker"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "ball-breaker"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "ball-buster"
    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
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        "English terms with audio links",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The boss has been busting chops all day."
        },
        {
          "text": "The boss busted our chops all week."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To nag; to berate or hound in an effort to elicit action."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nag",
          "nag"
        ],
        [
          "berate",
          "berate"
        ],
        [
          "hound",
          "hound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal) To nag; to berate or hound in an effort to elicit action."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "bust someone's balls"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bust chops"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: someone's",
  "path": [
    "bust chops"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "bust chops",
  "trace": ""
}