bust (someone or something) wide open

bust (someone or something) wide open

1. To physically attack someone, as with punches and other blows, such that they suffer significant injury; to beat someone up. Often used in the context of a threat. The captain of the football team swore he would bust me wide open if I ever talked to his girlfriend again. I can't believe that skinny kid busted the school bully wide open!
2. To expose something scandalous or deceptive or make it subject to closer scrutiny. That company's stock price plummeted after the media busted the CEO's embezzlement scandal wide open. An anonymous tip to the police is what busted the theft ring wide open.
See also: bust, open, wide
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bust someone wide open

Sl. to beat someone severely. (An exaggeration. Bust is a nonstandard form of burst.) If you ever take a step onto my property, I'll bust you wide open. Jim threatened to bust Bill wide open.
See also: bust, open, wide
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

bust someone wide open

tv. to beat someone severely. If you ever take a step onto my property, I’ll bust you wide open.
See also: bust, open, someone, wide

bust something wide open

verb
See blow something wide open
See also: bust, open, something, wide
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be out of (one's) league
  • be out of somebody's league
  • be (not) a patch on
  • accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
  • accompany on a journey
  • (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
  • brief (someone) about (someone or something)
  • brief about
  • a happy bunny
  • a happy camper