- bust out
- intransitive verb
: to fail to attain in a school or training program the minimum grades required for continuing : flunk out2. : 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 verbto escape from prisonThesaurus: getting out of prisonhyponymMain entry: bust* * *
bust out [phrasal verb]informal1 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 usedHe busted out [=broke out] the champagne.
Two prisoners busted out of jail.
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.