bust out

phrasal verb

busted out also bust out; busting out; busts out

informal

1

: to begin (doing something) suddenly

She just busted out laughing.

2

bust out (something) or bust (something) out : to take (something) from the place where it is stored so that it can be used : to break out

He busted out the champagne.

3

: to escape from a prison, jail, etc.

Two prisoners busted out of jail.

Examples of bust out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On just the second play of the second quarter, Lacy was off to the race, finding a seam and busting out a 73-yard touchdown run to go up 7-3 after the extra point. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026

NBCUniversal and Peacock are busting out next month with a trinity of live sports in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Super Bowl LX and the NBA All-Star Weekend in rapid succession over ten days. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026

The windstorm busted out several windows at Fairview High School in southern Boulder. —Olivia Young, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025

Gifts, craft projects, and the like can give plenty of reasons to bust out those holiday wrapping papers long after the season has ended. —Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for bust out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout