bust up
mainly US informal — phrasal verb with bust /bʌst/ verb [T] (bust or US busted, bust or US busted)Definition
› to end a relationship after an angry argument: She's bust up with Carlo. → See also bust-upEnding relationships and divorce
(Definition of bust up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a parting of the ways idiom
- affiliation order noun
- annul verb
- break-up noun (END)
- child support noun
- chuck verb (END)
- Dear John (letter) noun
- dump verb (END RELATIONSHIP)
- forsake verb (LEAVE)
- get the push idiom
- give sb the elbow idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- give sb the push idiom
- parting noun (SEPARATION)
- rift noun
- run out on sb/sth phrasal verb
- separate verb (RELATIONSHIP)
- separation noun
- split up phrasal verb
- split-up noun
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