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bust one's balls

bust one's balls verb: to work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.

Synonyms of bust one's balls

Forms of bust one's balls

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

Questions about bust one's balls

What does bust one's balls mean?
Bust one's balls means to work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.
What part of speech is bust one's balls?
Bust one's balls is a verb.
What is the past tense of bust one's balls?
The past tense of bust one's balls is busted one's balls.

Words near bust one's balls in the dictionary

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

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