bust
/bʌst/ verbo B1En español: reventar, partir, trincar, cazar
- To break. · I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
- To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime. · Aaron got busted by the feds for leaking confidential government documents on Reddit.
- To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- To debunk, dispel (a belief). · We want to bust the myth that real men don't eat quiche.
- An emphatic synonym of do or get. · He busted huge air off that jump!
- To reduce in rank. · He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.
- To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- To lose all of one's chips.
He/she/it busts · Pasado busted · Participio pasado busted · Forma en -ing busting
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
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- He/she/it
- busts
- Pasado
- busted
- Participio pasado
- busted
- Forma en -ing
- busting
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
- bust around To attack (someone); to assault (someone).
- bust down Break down;
- bust in To enter or join (something) aggressively and without an ...
- bust into Synonym of bust in.
- bust off To shoot (a gun); to shoot or start a shootout.
- bust on To make a joke concerning; to ridicule or make fun of.
- bust out To escape (from); break out.
- bust up To physically damage or ruin; to be ruined; to go bankrup...
De la biblioteca
You wrote to me about a bust that is in my possession.”
I only gave fifteen shillings for the bust, and I think you ought to know that before I take ten pounds from you.
I brought the bust up with me, as you asked me to do.
Here it is!” He opened his bag, and at last we saw placed upon our table a complete specimen of that bust which we had already seen more than once in fragments.
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