bust someone's balls
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editbust someone's balls (third-person singular simple present busts someone's balls, present participle busting someone's balls, simple past and past participle busted someone's balls)
- (slang, vulgar) To give someone a hard time, whether by playfully teasing or sincerely harassing them.
- 1990, Goodfellas:
- Henry: All day long I thought the guys in the helicopter were just local cops busting my balls over Lufthansa. But they turned out to be narcs.
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editto give someone a hard time
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