busted
Example Sentences
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At this very moment my mom could be knocking on my bedroom door, and I’d be beyond busted.
From Literature
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"But that doctor in there to him was very funny because it gave it this air of authority that he thought that he clearly did not have - especially because he was busted at Oxford."
From BBC
I couldn’t see very much of his face for the handkerchief, but what little I could see was as red as a busted watermelon.
From Literature
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The rest of the sport found out just how much better it was when Klaebo busted out his innovation at the World Championships in 2017.
Four cars with busted tyres, thanks to a pothole.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.