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busted flush

noun — 2 senses

busted flush

noun
1

Card games, Poker UK A potential flush which ultimately was not filled.

  • I thought I'd draw another spade, but I ended up with a busted flush.
2

UK, Idiomatic Anything which ends up worthless despite great potential.

  • If this [Tony Blair] is such an utterly busted flush of a leader, why are so many Tories and their outriders so keen to have this Prime Minister gone before he can fight another election?2004 May 2, Andrew Rawnsley, “Mission not accomplished”, in Guardian online, UK, retrieved 14 Oct 2012:
  • "In November last year, at the annual conference, a decision went against me and I took the view that I couldn't carry on. I was a busted flush as the General Secretary, and in a position where I did not have the support of everyone, so it was best that I moved on.2021 May 19, Paul Clifton asks Mick Cash, “I am retiring on my own terms”, in RAIL, number 931, page 49:

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