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busted one's balls

busted one's balls is the simple past and past participle of bust one's balls.

Meaning of bust one's balls

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.

Questions about busted one's balls

What is busted one's balls the simple past and past participle of?
Busted one's balls is the simple past and past participle of bust one's balls.

Words near busted one's balls in the dictionary

  1. busted in
  2. busted into
  3. busted off
  4. busted on
  5. busted one's arse
  6. busted one's balls
  7. busted one's chops
  8. busted one's gut
  9. busted one's hump
  10. busted one's neck
  11. busted out

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