Meanings
verbbust 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)
present singular third person busts one's ass · participle present busting one's ass · participle past busted one's ass · past busted one's ass · alternative bust one's arse
- CanadaUSslangvulgarTo work very hard, to put in a great amount of effort.
Synonyms: bust one's butt, bust one's chops
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo work very hard, to put in a great amount of effort.
Translations
Finnish raataa
- raataato work very hard
French se casser le cul
- se casser le culto work very hard
German sich den Arsch aufreißen
- sich den Arsch aufreißento work very hard
Italian farsi il culo
- farsi il culoto work very hard
Polish wypruwać sobie żyły, wypruć sobie żyły
- wypruwać sobie żyłyto work very hard
- wypruć sobie żyłyto work very hard
Russian вка́лывать, надрыва́ться
- вка́лывать (vkályvatʹ)to work very hard
- надрыва́ться (nadryvátʹsja)to work very hard
- рвать жо́пуto work very hard
- рвать за́дницуto work very hard
Swedish jobba häcken av sig
- jobba häcken av sigto work very hard
Turkish kıçını yırtmak, götünü yırtmak
- kıçını yırtmakto work very hard
- götünü yırtmakto work very hard
Cite this entry
APA
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MLA
“bust one's ass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bust%20one's%20ass. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bust one's ass,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bust%20one's%20ass.
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