bust

bust
bust
A n
1 (breasts) poitrine f ;
2 Art buste m ;
3 US (binge) to go on the bust faire la bringue ; beer bust boum f ;
4 US (failure) (person) raté/-e m/f ; (business, career) échec m ; Econ effondrement m ;
5 (police raid) rafle f ; (arrest) arrestation f ;
6 US (punch) coup m.
B modif : bust size, bust measurement tour m de poitrine.
C adj
1 (broken) fichu , foutu ;
2 (bankrupt) to go bust faire faillite ; to be bust être à sec .
D vtr (prét, pp bust ou busted)
1 (break) bousiller [machine, object] ;
2 [police] (break up) démanteler [organization, drugs ring etc] ; (raid) faire une descente dans [premises] ; (arrest) épingler [suspect] ;
3 (financially) ruiner [person, firm] ;
4 US (demote) rétrograder [soldier, policeman] (to au rang de) ;
5 surtout US (hit) flanquer un coup (or des coups) à ;
6 US dresser [horse] ;
7 = burst B.
E vi (prét, pp bust ou busted)
1 Brighton or bust! c'est parti pour Brighton, quoi qu'il arrive! ;
2 = burst C.
Idioms
to bust a gut doing sth se donner un mal de chien pour faire qch ; to bust one's ass doing sth se casser le cul pour faire qch.
Phrasal verb
bust up :
bust up [couple] rompre ; [friends] se brouiller ;
bust [sth] up, bust up [sth] flanquer en l'air [meeting, party, relationship].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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