drug bust drugs bust | seizure of illegal drugs by the police |
bust-up takeover | a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover |
buy-and-bust operation | an undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers |
bust tear binge boutd | an occasion for excessive eating or drinking, they went on a bust that lasted three days |
bust | a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person |
bits per inch bpi | a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium |
female chest bust | the chest of a woman |
bust-up | a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) |
flop bust fizzle | a complete failure, the play was a dismal flop |
cubic inch cu in | the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side |
square inch sq in | a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square |
acre inch | one twelfth of an acre-foot |
inch in | a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot |
pounds per square inch psi | a unit of pressure |
column inch inch | a unit of measurement for advertising space |
burst bust | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully, The dam burst |
break wear wear out bust fall apart | go to pieces, The lawn mower finally broke, The gears wore out, The old chair finally fell apart completely |
break bust | ruin completely, He busted my radio! |
bust up wreck wrack | smash or break forcefully, The kid busted up the car |
tear rupture snap bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly, The rope snapped, tear the paper |
edge inch | advance slowly, as if by inches, He edged towards the car |
raid bust | search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on, The police raided the crack house |
broke bust skint stone-broke stony-broke | lacking funds, `skint' is a British slang term |
every inch | in every way, completely, he was every inch a statesman |