British Dictionary definitions for dust-up

dust-up

noun

a quarrel, fight, or argument

verb dust up

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

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Examples from the Web for dust-up

Contemporary Examples

(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

Historical Examples

Then had ensued what Chummy cheerfully described as a hell of a dust-up.
A Case in Camera
Oliver Onions
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
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
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
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

dust-up

Examples from the Web for dust-up

Contemporary Examples

(After no small amount of public outcry thanks to a short article about the dust-up in Page Six, Cruise apologized).

Historical Examples

Then had ensued what Chummy cheerfully described as a hell of a dust-up.

The night after the ‘dust-up’ at the Big House was the time, and she nursed him and she cured him, the craitur.

Fowke's dust-up drew a few shells; and the Turk strengthened his right to meet this new threat.

I think she must have observed that I was bitter, for she at last spoke quite amiably of our morning's dust-up.

You know the dust-up we had a couple of years ago, when you kindly came to the rescue.