Past tense of 'bus,' meaning transported by bus, or (in restaurants) cleared tables of dishes and debris.
From 'bus,' which derives from 'omnibus' (a large vehicle for many passengers). In restaurant context, 'bus' became a verb in the early 20th century, possibly from the omnibus sense of doing many tasks.
School busing for desegregation in the 1970s was one of America's most controversial policies—buses became symbols of both progress and resistance, and 'bused' entered political discourse as a charged term referring to forced integration.
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