bust a bronco

bust a bronco

To tame a wild horse for riding. (A "bronco" is a untrained horse or pony.) I've never busted a bronco before, and this mean old horse doesn't look too eager to let me try.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bust a bronco

to ride and thus tame a wild horse so that it can be ridden. (Bust is a nonstandard form of burst.) In them days, I made my living busting broncos. That was the meanest bronco I ever seen. Nobody could bust 'im.
See also: bust
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • get on (one's) horse
  • get on horse
  • get on one’s horse
  • willing horse
  • road apple
  • back the wrong horse
  • rush (one's) fences
  • rush your fences
  • each way
  • Run for the Roses