The Collaborative International Dictionary
to go bust
bust \bust\ (b[u^]st), v. i.
To break or burst. [informal]
(Card Playing) In blackjack, to draw a card that causes one's total to exceed twenty-one.
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To go bankrupt.
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.''
Usage examples of "to go bust".
As she stood beside him, watching his face, listening to his terse comments, she realized that their plans for a picnic in the park and some casual shopping were about to go bust.
Then he could tell the old man to go bust a blood vessel and drop dead.