Dictionary definition of “bust on someone”

bust on someone

v. phr. to harrass, tease, or attack someone. Subjects: English, Slang

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Citations: 1988 Jay R. Begun Newsday (Long Island, New York) (June 22) “Sitting on the Dock on the Bay; A summertime generation gap”: The dock area is closed to cars from midnight to 6 a.m., but according to 17-year-old Kim Stolz of North Woodmere, the police “bust on us” even before midnight. 1988 Sam Marchiano, John Valenti Newsday (Long Island, New York) (Nov. 23) “McElreavy Is Under Fire; Assistant charges alcohol abuse and affair”: I knew the rumors existed. But there are nothing to the accusations. I just thought people were busting on me. I had no idea they had gone beyond the football circle. 1989 [Robert A. Beeler] Usenet: rec.arts.movies (Nov. 7) “Movie Hotline vol 1. iss. 2”: As to the overall tone, true, it is condescending, but if I bust on your favorite director, don’t give me heat, it’s all in good fun. 1990 Jeff Gottlieb San Francisco Chronicle (California) (Oct. 2) “Christian Brando’s Troubled Life” p. B3: Their story is that Christian picked up the gun at the home of his girlfriend, Laurene Landon. He told Cheyenne he was going to “bust on” her lover. Christian walked into his father’s house, started arguing with Drollet and then murdered him. 1991 John Brennan The Record (New Jersey) (Feb. 1) “Sports Talk” p. D02: We kinda bust on him—a little kidding, a little convincing. 1991 Mark J. Czerwinski The Record (New Jersey) (May 19) “Plenty Of Motivation For WPC’s Christian” p. S15: “Lepore hit a liner to center for the second out,” Christian said. “When he passed by me, he ‘All over you, all over you.’ That really pumped me up. I mean, I like it when people bust on me, but do it from the dugout. Don’t say it to me like that.” 2001 Kelly Whiteside USA Today (Mar. 29) “Connecticut’s Taurasi handling the pressure”: Who else would have the self-assurance to bust on her own athletic director? A freshman, no less. 2002 [vraiblonde] Southern Maryland Community Forums (Mar. 14) “Breastfeeding”: You bring up a peeve that I have—older children still breastfeeding.…But, again, I hate to bust on them because what do I know. 2002 Jessica Shaw CNN.com (Aug. 15) “R.J. gets voted off ‘American Idol’”: Bonus points to Ryan Seacrest for calling Randy on his redundancy on the Wednesday half-hour. It’s about time the hosts busted on someone other than Simon. 2003 Providence Journal (Rhode Island) (Oct. 10) “Police news” (in Johnston): Swist approached the officers and asked what they were doing. They told him they were investigating a case and Swist became argumentative. He asked why the cops were busting on him.…Swist then walked away and entered the house. 2007 Dan Gainor @ Baltimore, Maryland Examiner.com (Aug. 29) “Workers still laboring to do their best”: Recently, I busted on several companies that had lost touch with the concept of customer service.

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