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what is "busting"?
"She felt bad about busting him." what does "busting"here mean? is it mean "report someone to the police"?
11 dec. 2011 05:29
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The idea here is that "to bust" roughly means "to expose" - that is the person who is "busted" was actually doing something wrong, ie. something either illegal or even naughty or out-of-character.
For example, if your friend is on a diet and you discover them eating chocolate cake, you would say "Ha! Busted!" to tease them about it.
In Australia, we commonly use "to dob in (someone)" to mean we report them to the police: "She felt bad about dobbing him in."
11 december 2011
PPPS, how careless you are! I am native Chinese too. So, how could we do language exchange? hehe..
8 januari 2012
i m givig u a example !!!
:: police success in busting U.K. based drug factories.
11 december 2011
Yes, it does mean to report them to the police. Can also mean to arrest someone
11 december 2011
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MayaInChina
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