bust one's ass

English

Alternative forms

• bust someone's ass

Verb

bust one's ass (third-person singular simple present busts one's ass, present participle busting one's ass, simple past and past participle busted one's ass or bust one's ass)

1. (slang, Canada, US, vulgar) To work very hard, to put in a lot of effort.
2. (slang, vulgar) To hurt or beat up.

   Say that again and I'm going to bust your ass.

Synonyms

• bust one's arse
• bust one's butt
• bust one's chops

Translations

to work very hard

• Finnish: raataa (fi)
• French: se casser le cul (fr)
• German: sich den Arsch aufreißen (de)
• Italian: farsi il culo
• Russian: вка́лывать (ru) (vkályvatʹ), надрыва́ться (ru) (nadryvátʹsja), рвать (себе́) жо́пу (ru) (rvatʹ (sebé) žópu), рвать (себе́) за́дницу (rvatʹ (sebé) zádnicu)
• Swedish: jobba häcken av sig (sv)

See also

• bust ass