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bust one's hump

bust one's hump verb: to work very hard; to put in strenuous effort.

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, US, slang) To work very hard; to put in strenuous effort.
    • That poor guy is already busting his hump, learning his job, working sixteen or eighteen hours a day for some fruitloop who throws pens when he gets mad.2005, Jacey Eckhart, The Homefront Club

Forms of bust one's hump

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

Questions about bust one's hump

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

Words near bust one's hump in the dictionary

  1. bust one's ass
  2. bust one's balls
  3. bust one's butt
  4. bust one's chops
  5. bust one's gut
  6. bust one's hump
  7. bust one's neck
  8. bust out
  9. bust someone's agates
  10. bust someone's ass
  11. bust someone's balls

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