bust out

bust out
intransitive verb
: to fail to attain in a school or training program the minimum grades required for continuing : flunk out
1. dialect : to plough out
2. : to drop (as from a school or training program) usually because of failure to maintain minimum grades or other standards : flunk out

sooner or later he must be busted out — A.Q.Maisel

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ˌbust ˈout [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bust out he/she/it busts out present participle busting out past tense bust out busted out past participle bust out busted out] informal phrasal verb
to escape from prison
Thesaurus: getting out of prisonhyponym
Main entry: bust

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bust out [phrasal verb]
informal
1 bust out (doing something) : to begin (doing something) suddenly : to burst out (doing something)

She just busted out laughing.

2 bust out (something) or bust (something) out : to take (something) from the place where it is stored so that it can be used

He busted out [=broke out] the champagne.

3 : to escape from a prison, jail, etc.

Two prisoners busted out of jail.

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Main Entry:bust

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