Bust and Jail

Bust

Bust verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

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Jail and bust are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Bust".

Nearby Words: busted, buster, busting

Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.

Usage example: threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked

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Bust and jail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bust" instead a verb "Jail". slang substitute

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

special	special bust	special jail
normal	normal bust	normal jail
alien	alien bust	alien jail
many	many bust	many jail
Other adjectives: stupid, small, big, infamous, new, magical, bigger.

Tommy's solution: break into jail and bust Cam out.

Source: Recruitment By Rescue
Sazed in Mistborn: The Original Trilogy deliberately gets himself thrown into jail to bust Vin back out.

Source: Get into Jail Free
In The Three Stooges short Three Smart Saps, the Stooges' fiancees' father has been framed and thrown into jail, so the Stooges elect to get themselves arrested so they can bust the old man out.

Source: Get into Jail Free

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