bust up
mainly US informal— phrasal verb with bust uk/bʌst/us/bʌst/verb [ T ] busted or UK also bust, busted or UK also bust
If a relationship busts up, or the people in a relationship bust up, the relationship ends:
They busted up last year.
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Relationships: ending & divorce
- a parting of the ways idiom
- affiliation order
- annul
- break up
- break-up
- child support
- chuck
- give sb the elbow idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- give sb the push idiom
- go off with sb
- grow apart
- push
- split
- split up
- split up
- throw
- throw sb over
- tug of love
- visitation
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