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busted one's hump

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

Meaning of bust one's hump

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

Questions about busted one's hump

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

Words near busted one's hump in the dictionary

  1. busted on
  2. busted one's arse
  3. busted one's balls
  4. busted one's chops
  5. busted one's gut
  6. busted one's hump
  7. busted one's neck
  8. busted out
  9. busted pilot
  10. busted pilots
  11. busted someone's agates

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