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動詞

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. (intransitive, informal, Canada, US) To escape (from); break out.

   to bust out of prison

2. (transitive, informal, Canada, US) To free from captivity.
   • 1971, Gate, “Open Letter To Allan Oxside”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 3:

     building the kind of solidarity which will finally bust us out of the closet.

   They tried to bust the prisoner out, but were thwarted by the police.

3. (intransitive, US, informal) To reveal, to show; to appear.
   • 1977 November 26, Kate Wheeler, “Talk of Our Town: Parade Toasts Polar Visitor”, in The Miami Herald, 1st edition, 67th year, number 361, Miami, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2-B, column 5:

     The signs are everywhere: there are bells and tinsel on street lamps, shoppers on the sidewalks and Santas busting out all over.

4. (transitive, US, informal) To bring out; to take out.

   Synonym: break out

   They decided it was time to bust out the good hooch.

5. (intransitive, US, informal, nonstandard) To burst out (laughing).
6. (intransitive, blackjack) To lose by going bust.
7. (transitive, 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.
8. (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To have sex with (a woman); to bring (a woman) to orgasm.

派生語

• bust-out man

アナグラム

• stub out