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bust someone's agates

bust someone's agates is the alternative form of bust someone's balls.

Meaning of bust someone's balls

Verb

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

  1. (slang, vulgar) To give someone a hard time, whether by playfully teasing or sincerely harassing them.
    • Henry: All day long I thought the guys in the helicopter were just local cops busting my balls over Lufthansa. But they turned out to be narcs.1990, Goodfellas

Forms of bust someone's agates

third-person singular presentbusts someone's agates
present participlebusting someone's agates
past participlebusted someone's agates
pastbusted someone's agates

Questions about bust someone's agates

What is bust someone's agates the alternative form of?
Bust someone's agates is the alternative form of bust someone's balls.

Words near bust someone's agates in the dictionary

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

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