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bust off

bust off verb: to shoot (a gun); to shoot or start a shootout.

Verb

bust off (third-person singular simple present busts off, present participle busting off, simple past and past participle busted off or bust off)

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (a gun); to shoot or start a shootout.
    • I'm bustin' off my pistol.
    • You better be careful, cuz he could bust off anytime.

Forms of bust off

third-person singular presentbusts off
present participlebusting off
past participlebusted off
pastbusted off
past participlebust off
pastbust off

Questions about bust off

What does bust off mean?
Bust off means to shoot (a gun); to shoot or start a shootout.
What part of speech is bust off?
Bust off is a verb.
What is the past tense of bust off?
The past tense of bust off is busted off.

Words near bust off in the dictionary

  1. bust improver
  2. bust improvers
  3. bust in
  4. bust into
  5. bust it down
  6. bust off
  7. bust on
  8. bust one's arse
  9. bust one's ass
  10. bust one's balls
  11. bust one's butt

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