bust out
phrasal verb
busted out also bust out; busting out; busts out
informal
1
: to begin (doing something) suddenly
She just busted out laughing.
2
bust out (something)
or bust (something) out
: to take (something) from the place where it is stored so that it can be used : to break out
He busted out the champagne.
3
: to escape from a prison, jail, etc.
Two prisoners busted out of jail.
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Wide receiver DeVonta Smith also heard the same wake-up calls as the WR2 busted out 11 catches — also a season high — for 109 yards and a score.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Maye also did damage scrambling, busting out a 41-yard rush for the Patriots’ third-longest play of the year.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2024
And even now, in his Las Vegas show with Toni Braxton, Cedric mostly does standup but does bust out a Nat King Cole number.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
Over his years on Days, Clyde committed murder, rape, and blackmail, displayed both homophobic and misogynistic tendencies, was thrown in and busted out of prison, and ran a drug ring.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Maye also did damage scrambling, busting out a 41-yard rush for the Patriots’ third-longest play of the year.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2024
And even now, in his Las Vegas show with Toni Braxton, Cedric mostly does standup but does bust out a Nat King Cole number.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
Over his years on Days, Clyde committed murder, rape, and blackmail, displayed both homophobic and misogynistic tendencies, was thrown in and busted out of prison, and ran a drug ring.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Bust out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bust%20out. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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