bust up

See also: bust-up

English

Verb

bust up (third-person singular simple present busts up, present participle busting up, simple past and past participle busted up)

1. (US, informal) To physically damage or ruin
   • 2005, Ken Shamrock, Beyond the Lion's Den: The Life, The Fights, The Techniques

     The doctor told me nothing that I didn't already know; my hand was busted up pretty good. It was too early to tell how badly it had been busted up, but I was most definitely out of the tournament.