bust a gut
/B AH1 S T AH0 G AH0 T/verb
- 1
To work or try very hard.
“I had to really bust a gut to get it done by the deadline”
- 2
To develop a pain in the side from laughing hard.
“Something about the way he said that made me just bust a gut: I practically died laughing!”
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