Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
bust a gut — (informal) To make a great deal of strenuous effort • • • Main Entry: ↑gut * * * bust a gut informal phrase to try extremely hard to achieve something I nearly bust a gut trying to get the job finished on time. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get … Useful english dictionary
bust a gut (doing something do something) — bust a ˈgut (doing sth/to do sth) idiom (informal) to make a great effort to do sth • It s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve. Main entry: ↑bustidiom … Useful english dictionary
bust a gut (doing to do something) — bust a ˈgut (doing sth/to do sth) idiom (informal) to make a great effort to do sth • It s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve. Main entry: ↑bustidiom … Useful english dictionary
bust a gut — informal to work very hard or to make a big effort to achieve something. I really bust a gut to get that report finished on time … New idioms dictionary
bust a gut — informal to try extremely hard to achieve something I nearly bust a gut trying to get the job finished on time … English dictionary
gut — ► NOUN 1) the stomach or belly. 2) Medicine & Biology the intestine. 3) (guts) entrails that have been removed or exposed. 4) (guts) the internal parts or essence of something. 5) (guts) informal courage and determina … English terms dictionary
bust — bust1 [bʌst] v past tense and past participle bust BrE also busted especially AmE [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(break)¦ 2¦(police)¦ 3¦(try hard)¦ 4¦(money)¦ 5 crime busting/union busting/budget busting etc 6 ... or bust! 7¦(milit … Dictionary of contemporary English
bust — 1 verb past tense and past participle bust BrE bused AmE (T) informal 1 BREAK to break something: I bust my watch this morning. | Tony busted the door down. 2 POLICE informal a) bust sb (for sth) if the police bust someone, they charge them with… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bust — [[t]bʌ̱st[/t]] busts, busting, busted (The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.… … English dictionary
gut — [[t]gʌ̱t[/t]] guts, gutting, gutted 1) N PLURAL A person s or animal s guts are all the organs inside them. By the time they finish, the crewmen are standing ankle deep in fish guts. 2) VERB When someone guts a dead animal or fish, they prepare… … English dictionary
