busted up
Example Sentences
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Both of them paused, looked at each and then busted up laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023
Kosteniuk as White allows her queenside to be busted up and renounces castling in exchange for the bishop pair and a half-open b-file, but neither works to her advantage in the ensuring play.
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2023
In addition to destroying command posts, bridges, ammo dumps, and other large, fixed targets, HiMARS has also busted up Russian artillery batteries, in some cases a minute after the Russians fired their rockets.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2022
But then my dad dies, and this guy steps up like nobody in my life because everybody else was busted up.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022
Becky busted up laughing, and then we all joined in, even Tamika.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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