bust out

Example Sentences

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With that in mind, strategists at Bank of America are recommending that investors bust out their passports, so to speak, and start searching for better values abroad.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Yet England took little time to bust out of the attempted chokehold.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

Melinda Sullivan, a tap dancer, and Larry Goldings, a pianist, improvise eclectic music together and bust out musical theater classics, which has amassed them a dedicated fan club.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024

As some joked online, the first few bars of “Yeah!” is pretty much a trigger for Millennials to bust out their best prom moves.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024

It wasn’t like I could ask someone sitting next to me how to spell a word, and I couldn’t just bust out the dictionary, because that would be considered cheating.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers