bust one's balls

verb

To work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person busts one's balls · participle present busting one's balls · participle past busted one's balls · past busted one's balls

  1. idiomaticvulgarTo work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.

    Synonyms: bust one's arse, bust one's butt

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.

Similar
bust one's arsebust one's butt
Also see
bust a nutbust one's gut
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Chicago

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