dust-up

/ informal /

noun

a quarrel, fight, or argument

verb dust up

(tr, adverb) to attack or assault (someone)

Nearby words

dust well, dust whirl, dust-bath, dust-bathe, dust-mop, dust-up, dustbin, dustcart, dustcloth, duster, duster coat

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Examples from the Web for dust-up

(After no small amount of public outcry thanks to a short article about the dust-up in Page Six, Cruise apologized).
Connor and Isabella Cruise Side With Dad After Tom and Nicole Kidman Split|Chris Lee|July 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Fowke's dust-up drew a few shells; and the Turk strengthened his right to meet this new threat.
The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad|Edward John Thompson
The night after the ‘dust-up’ at the Big House was the time, and she nursed him and she cured him, the craitur.
The Dew of Their Youth|S. R. Crockett
You know the dust-up we had a couple of years ago, when you kindly came to the rescue.
The Honour of the Clintons|Archibald Marshall

Then had ensued what Chummy cheerfully described as a hell of a dust-up.
A Case in Camera|Oliver Onions
I think she must have observed that I was bitter, for she at last spoke quite amiably of our morning's dust-up.
Ruggles of Red Gap|Harry Leon Wilson