I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a company goes bust informal (= goes bankrupt )
go from boom to bust (= change from doing very well economically to doing very badly )
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The Mexican economy went from boom to bust very quickly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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Like they say, June is busting out all over!
up
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She said Gloria was always trying to bust up their conversations.
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On the next, Black busted up the middle for a 24-yard touchdown run and the Cougars had a 7-6 lead.
■ NOUN
boom
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These were the boom and bust years, for which Major has conveniently disclaimed all responsibility.
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Unfortunately, boom gave way to bust , and funds were never raised to replace most of the razed landmarks.
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By 1974 the boom had bust .
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Perennial boom and bust cycles have always winnowed out weak farmers.
butt
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This team has really taken to both of us out there busting our butts .
drug
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She tells me that Jamie has been caught in a drugs bust at the Cross Keys pub.
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They stamp out graffiti, quash drug deals, bust carjacking rings, rescue drug overdose victims, even prevent suicides.
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Nobody had ever survived a drugs bust in Hollywood.
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School drug bust: Boy had cough drops Belle, W.. Va.
■ VERB
get
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A couple of years before, I got my jaw busted in a fight.
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They congregate off campus before and after school and during lunch, hoping not to get busted by passing teachers and administrators.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dean got really drunk and started busting up the bar.
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He busted the side window with a bat.
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His suitcase busted open, and everything went all over the floor in the hotel lobby.
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Jones was busted down to the rank of private.
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Karl fell off his skateboard and busted his arm.
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She fell and busted her knee.
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The ball hit him in the face and bust his glasses.
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The police had to bust down the door.
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The toy is made of a balloon in a cloth sack that can be hit without busting.
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The window busted when the ball hit it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By 1974 the boom had bust .
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Dallas busted the game open when Irvin slipped past cornerback Terrell Buckley, who is still waiting for help from his safeties.
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Every time you hear about a rave being busted, it's always E that the ravers were taking.
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So the bizzies come round here and bust me for possession.
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They stamp out graffiti, quash drug deals, bust carjacking rings, rescue drug overdose victims, even prevent suicides.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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She'd got a big bust .
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Could this game be one of the biggest busts in Super Bowl history?
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But it was too big in the bust and too long.
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Linda, although by no means particularly attractive, had a big bust .
■ NOUN
drug
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Just before airtime, a story had come in on a drug bust: space was hastily made for this.
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All the charges stem from Conoline's refusal to cooperate with an investigation into a botched Dec. 7 drug bust .
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Naturally, the drug bust was a bust, as dealers heard about it on the radio and disappeared.
marble
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The dining room possessed a huge marble bust of Stalin, but little succulent to eat.
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A generous pile of cushions, or a treasured marble bust can add the required decorative touch.
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High bookcases lined the library walls and stood between the windows, each topped with a marble bust .
■ VERB
go
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Braniff Airlines went bust for the third time. 18.
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Unfortunately, both clubs went bust just as we were starting to draw a decent audience!
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Bank lending to the property market dried up, some property firms have gone bust and land prices have begun to slip.
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At least two stations went bust , and others, such as Invicta Radio in Kent, had to relaunch before getting firmly established.
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Read in studio Michael Heseltine is being blamed for thousands of people losing their holidays when a travel firm went bust .
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Then, within two months of receiving it, his £30 million firm went bust in the Spring of 1991.
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He'd been at the wrong end when a small company went bust in the city.
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But when the Thatcher boom went bust Sugar's business declined with it - and so did Amstrad's market rating.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a 30-inch bust
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a drug bust
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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High-tech stocks have always been highly volatile, partly because of their past booms and busts.
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Hopefully, some of the more level-headed members of the council can prevail and make the Boom Town fiasco a bust .
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On the tables are busts of Lincoln.
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There was a bust of Miguel de Unamuno at the bottom of the staircase, and it seemed to have been defaced.
III. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a busted air-conditioner
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I can't carry all the shopping home in this bag - it's bust .
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In the yard, Miguel found a writing table with a busted leg.
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Our television's bust , and so's the radio.
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The door's bust again. Can you get it fixed?
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There's no point in trying to mend it, it's completely bust .
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You can't record anything - the VCR's busted.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And it's particularly daft when the firm itself has gone bust .
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Programme S.TODAY, 21.10.93SNA A director of a bust timeshare firm has admitted breaching strict consumer protection laws.
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So, next question: Is Ratners going bust ?
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The bank also found that young people were less likely to go bust than older people.