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busts one's hump

busts one's hump is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 busts one's hump

What is busts one's hump the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Busts one's hump is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bust one's hump.

Words near busts one's hump in the dictionary

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

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