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HSS Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

A Bust

If someone asks you "How did it go?" and you say "It was a bust," what would you mean?

Hiro/ Sendai, Japan
  

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Hello HSS I think this means "it wasn't a success". ) MrP

— MrPedantic

  • Hello HSS I think this means "it wasn't a success".
  • ) MrP
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4 Answers
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Hello HSS

I think this means "it wasn't a success".

(However, you don't often hear it in my locale, so I may be wrong!)

MrP
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Hi guys,

I'd add that the stress seems to be that it was a complete and absolute failure.

Best wishes, Clive
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