2007-01-11 17:15:17 · 4 answers · asked by UVRay 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
In gambling, it means to lose everything. The way it's used in the sense of "Chicago or Bust", it means to go all out, to do everything humanly possible to get to your destination.
2007-01-11 17:27:14 · answer #1 · answered by pilgrim 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simply means you didn't make it there. Chicago ....or Bust. Your goal is to get to Chicago or "die trying". If you don't make it you are bust.
2007-01-11 17:19:22 · answer #2 · answered by steelnpleasure1 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dictionary.com give two secondary definitions that explain the use of the term:
3. Bust - Informal use
a. to burst.
b. to bankrupt; ruin financially.
In other words, if I don't get to Chicago I will burst or go bankrupt!
2007-01-11 17:23:34 · answer #3 · answered by fdm215 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means sell everything you can't take with you, and quit your job so you have nothing to go back to, therefore you have to make it to Chicago because there's no alternative.
2007-01-11 17:25:37 · answer #4 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means if you don't make it to your destination, you'll bust (explode). Not literally, of course. Well, unless that's what you wanna do ;)
2007-01-11 17:24:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋