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bust one's arse

bust one's arse is the alternative spelling of bust one's ass.

Meaning of bust one's ass

Verb

bust one's ass (third-person singular simple present busts one's ass, present participle busting one's ass, simple past and past participle busted one's ass or bust one's ass)

  1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) To work very hard, to put in a great amount of effort.

Forms of bust one's arse

third-person singular presentbusts one's arse
present participlebusting one's arse
past participlebusted one's arse
pastbusted one's arse
past participlebust one's arse
pastbust one's arse

Questions about bust one's arse

What is bust one's arse the alternative spelling of?
Bust one's arse is the alternative spelling of bust one's ass.

Words near bust one's arse in the dictionary

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

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