bust out
Flee confinement suddenly
Bust out means to escape confinement: Three inmates busted out of the county jail.
It also means to produce or reveal something suddenly: He busted out his guitar at the party.
In card games, especially poker, to bust out is to lose all your chips and be eliminated.
The phrase can signal enthusiastic emergence: She busted out laughing.
Escape from custody
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- evadeEscape by cunning
- abscondFlee to avoid capture
fugitive · manhunt · freedom · liberate · extricate · bolt · flight · on the lam
Sudden important advance
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- explodeBurst with sudden force
- skyrocketRise sharply and suddenly
- flourishTo grow vigorously
boom · thrive · prosper · meteoric · viral · sensation · phenomenon · arrive
Reveal something hidden
- revealMake something visible
- brandishWave something menacingly
- flashBrief burst of light
- displayPresentation for viewing
present · show off · break open · uncork · crack open
jailbreak
Escape from custody
abscond · fugitive · manhunt · freedom · liberate · extricate · bolt · flight · on the lam · runaway
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
flourish · boom · thrive · prosper · meteoric · viral · sensation · phenomenon · arrive · erupt
unveil
Reveal something hidden
display · present · show off · break open · uncork · crack open
- escapeescape, flee, run away, get away, flight
- fraudscam, fraud, swindle, con, deceive
- departuresleave, depart, exit, leaving, go
- Escape Termsbreak free, get away, run away, escape route, getaway
- releasefree, liberate, let go, unleash, release
- Mafiamafia, Cosa Nostra, Sicilian Mafia, Five Families, Colombo
bust outlock up
Secure or imprison
imprison · incarcerate · capture · confine · surrender
bust outwin big
Achieve major victory
hit the jackpot · cash in · clean up · make a killing · strike it rich
bust outsuppress
Forcibly put an end to
hold back · bottle up · hold in · contain oneself · keep it together
burst, out, bust, debunk, outburst, outbreak, busted, breakout, busts