bust a/your gut

bust a/your gut
bust a/your gut — see gut, 1
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Main Entry:bust

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  • 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

  • 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

  • gut — 1 noun 1 COURAGE guts (plural) informal the courage and determination you need to do something difficult or unpleasant: Sonia succeeded through sheer guts and determination. | have the guts to do sth: No one had the guts to tell Paul what a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 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 — [[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 — gut1 [ gʌt ] noun 1. ) count the tube in your body that carries food away from your stomach. A more technical name for this is the intestine: It takes several hours for food to pass through the gut. a ) count INFORMAL someone s stomach,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bust — I. /bʌst / (say bust) noun 1. the head and shoulders of a person done in sculpture, either in the round or in relief. 2. the chest or breast; the bosom. {French buste, from Italian busto, of unknown origin} II. /bʌst / (say bust) Colloquial –verb …  

  • gut — gut1 [gʌt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 gut reaction/feeling/instinct 2¦(courage)¦ 3¦(inside your body)¦ 4¦(stomach)¦ 5¦(string)¦ 6¦(machine/equipment)¦ 7¦(most important parts)¦ 8 at gut level 9 I ll have somebody s guts for garters ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gut — I UK [ɡʌt] / US noun Word forms gut : singular gut plural guts 1) [countable] the tube in your body that carries food away from your stomach. A more technical name for this is the intestine It takes several hours for food to pass through the gut …   English dictionary

  • Liste der Glee-Episoden — Diese Liste der Glee Episoden enthält alle Episoden der US amerikanischen Musical Comedy Serie Glee, sortiert nach der US amerikanischen Erstausstrahlung. Die Fernsehserie umfasst derzeit drei Staffeln mit 50 Episoden. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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