Found 1 items, similar to to go bust.
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Definition: to go bust
bust
\bust\ (b[u^]st), v. i.
1. To break or burst. [informal]
[PJC]
2. (Card Playing) In blackjack, to draw a card that causes
one's total to exceed twenty-one.
[PJC]
3. To go bankrupt.
[PJC]
to go bust to go bankrupt.
or bust or collapse from the effort; -- used in phrases
expressing determination to do something; as, Oregon or
bust, meaning
“We will get to Oregon or die trying.”
[PJC]