bust one's butt
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bust one's butt (third-person singular simple present busts one's butt, present participle busting one's butt, simple past and past participle busted one's butt or bust one's butt)
- (slang, Canada, US) To work exceptionally hard.
- I've been busting my butt getting the tent fixed, while you're just sipping cocoa. Give me a hand.
- 1995, Jewel (lyrics and music), “Who Will Save Your Soul”, in Pieces of You:
- Those flings, those strings you've got to cut / So get out on the streets, girls, and bust your butts
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to work exceptionally hard
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