Bust and Mistake

Bust

Bust noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

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

Nearby Words: busted, buster, busting

Mistake noun - A wrong judgment.

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Bust and mistake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bust" instead a noun "Mistake".

Nearby Words: mistaken, mistakenly, mistaking

similar	similar bust	similar mistake
complete	complete bust	complete mistake
original	original bust	original mistake
many	many bust	many mistake
Other adjectives: stupid, small, massive, big, huge, slight, easy, famous, major, basic, smallest, giant, bigger, biggest.

man	bust man	mistake man
guy	bust guy	mistake guy
time	bust time	mistake time
way	bust way	mistake way
Other words: characters, head, dragon, brother, doctor.

He goes to such trouble to cover up his mistake that at one point he even enlists the help of Madame Foster herself to impersonate her own bust.

Source: Milholland Relationship Moment
In A Bronx Tale, when a gang of bikers mistake an old school mob bar for a "straight" establishment and try to bust it up: "Now youse can't leave."

Source: Bullying A Dragon / Live-Action Films
She, along with a convincing co-star, tricks him into planning a drug-bust for the wrong warehouse, and as a result of his mistake, inadvertently supplies London's drug lords with a year's worth of oxycodone.

Source: Series / Keen Eddie

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