dust-up

/ informal /

noun

a quarrel, fight, or argument

verb dust up

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

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Words nearby dust-up

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

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Example sentences 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

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