bust up
Example Sentences
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Owen added: "I was expecting that we would have a massive bust up, but it didn't happen."
From BBC • May 30, 2024
Ng5 f4!, looking to bust up the White defensive fortress.
From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2023
He began to work with various wildlife protection nonprofits, then joined a series of U.N. and Interpol undercover operations in China and Vietnam to bust up the illegal trade in elephant ivory.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 11, 2022
The madness of March has been built on all those low-major upsets and buzzer-beating swishes that bust up the office-pool brackets, but some of the must-see TV each year is arranged before the opening tip.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2019
Jamie erupted, “What’s the matter with you, Claude? First you bust up my card game, then you don’t tell me. It’s undecent.”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
