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- Be busted
also, go bust. become bankrupt, financially ruined. for example, who knew that the brokerage firm would be busted? [ ; early 1800s ] also see: under go broke also, get busted. be demoted, as in if you’re caught gambling you’ll get busted to private. this usage originated in the military and still most often denotes […]
- Becalm
to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm: the schooner was becalmed in the horse lat-tudes for two weeks. archaic. to calm; pacify. historical examples one sail is also said to becalm another when the wind is aft. practical boat-sailing douglas frazar ships are generally obliged to […]
- Became
simple past tense of become. to come, change, or grow to be (as specified): he became tired. to come into being. to be attractive on; befit in appearance; look well on: that gown becomes you. to be suitable or necessary to the dignity, situation, or responsibility of: conduct that becomes an officer. become of, to […]
- Becard
any of several p-sserine birds of the genus pachyramphus, of the american tropics, having large heads and swollen bills, and variously cl-ssified with the flycatchers or the cotingas.
- Be caught dead, not
be caught dead, not related terms not be caught dead