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bust one's neck

bust one's neck verb: to work exceptionally hard.

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, US, slang) To work exceptionally hard.
    • Liz, I busted my neck getting you those votes!

Synonyms of bust one's neck

Forms of bust one's neck

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

Questions about bust one's neck

What does bust one's neck mean?
Bust one's neck means to work exceptionally hard.
What part of speech is bust one's neck?
Bust one's neck is a verb.
What is the past tense of bust one's neck?
The past tense of bust one's neck is busted one's neck.

Words near bust one's neck in the dictionary

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

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