Sentence examples for a bust on from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a bust on" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a failure or disappointment, but the expression is not standard.
Example: "After the event turned out to be a bust on the first day, we decided to change our approach for the second day."
Alternatives: "a flop" or "a failure".

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But while moonshine is still widely available in the US, with cops seizing hundreds of gallons whenever they try to make a bust on just one illicit distiller, refilling bottles and other means of passing it off as regulated liquor is exceptionally rare.

It could just be that Walt happens to be watching TV one day, and he sees a bust on the news".

Why was 1998 such a bust on Capitol Hill?

Does he see a bust on the horizon?

He is always represented as a bust on a pedestal".

First, we stopped at the Hamilton memorial, a bust on a column at the cliff's edge.

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A bust of David Graham Phillips, on which he had worked for two years, was wrecked.

Lapham, Contemplating A Bust of Plimpton On Thursday night, GEORGE PLIMPTON died in his sleep.

They read Reader's Digest, listened to classical music; my grandparents had a bust of Stalin on the mantelpiece.

When I first knew him he had a bust of Lenin on his mantelpiece (which he denies).

"They never spoke," he said, "but Perkins would stare over at a bust of Hepburn on her second floor.

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