bust up
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To physically damage or ruin; to be ruined; to go bankrupt; to end (something).
American usage; Informal; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "If I was school . . . I’d capitulate tomorrow. I’d bonfire the books, drain the inkwells and bust up the blackboard — if only he would stop hating. It’s wearing me out!"
- "The doctor told me nothing that I didn't already know; my hand was busted up pretty good. It was too early to tell how badly it had been busted up, but I was most definitely out of the tournament."
- "I knew, because both Alison and Penny had taught me, that busting up with someone could be miserable, but I didn't know that getting off with someone could be miserable too."