bust one's butt

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bust one's butt

verb busts one's butt · busting one's butt · busted one's butt · bust one's butt

  1. Canada, US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar To work exceptionally hard. I've been busting my butt getting the tent fixed, while you're just sipping cocoa. Give me a hand.

    Similar: bust one's ass, bust one's neck, sweat blood

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verb to work exceptionally hard

Españolromperse el culo, romperse el orto
Françaisse casser le cul
Deutschden Arsch aufreißen
Italianofarsi il culo
Русскийнадрыва́ться nadryvátʹsja, паха́ть paxátʹ, рвать жо́пу rvatʹ žópu

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@misc{bust_one_s_butt_2026,
  title = {bust one's butt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bust%20one's%20butt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}