bust chops
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bust (someone's) chops (third-person singular simple present busts chops, present participle busting chops, simple past and past participle busted chops)
- (idiomatic, informal) To nag; to berate or hound in an effort to elicit action.
- The boss has been busting chops all day.
- The boss busted our chops all week.
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- bust someone's balls (vulgar)
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- back-breaker
- ball-breaker (vulgar)
- ball-buster (vulgar)