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The phrase 'bust by' is not a correct or usable phrase in written English.
'Bust' is an informal verb that means 'wreck, ruin, or break'. It is not usually used in written English. To use 'bust' in a sentence, it should be used to describe the action of something being wrecked, ruined or broken. For example, "The door was busted by the storm."
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Homer, bust by an unknown artist.
So you can go bust by avoiding a bubble.
Photograph of Churchill bust by Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images.
Fleeing to Venice in 1546 to escape charges of immorality, Cellini completed the bust by 1548.
Many small concerns will be bust by the time things get back, to normal.
Paradoxically, the financial bust, by adding so much debt, may boost the chances of a breakthrough.
As a company, the euro would have gone bust by now.
It was allowed to go bust by officials who believed it rotten to the core.
As China's exporters go bust by the thousand, industries from textiles to steel have been promised handouts and rebates.
Among the evening's most popular works was a 31 ½-inch-tall bronze bust by Picasso of his mistress Dora Maar.
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In busting by-your-own-bootstraps myths, it illuminates something crucially American.
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