dust-up
noun
a quarrel, fight, or argument
verb dust up
(tr, adverb) to attack or assault (someone)
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Contemporary Examples of dust-up
(After no small amount of public outcry thanks to a short article about the dust-up in Page Six, Cruise apologized).
Historical Examples of dust-up
Then had ensued what Chummy cheerfully described as a hell of a dust-up.
A Case in CameraOliver 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 YouthS. R. Crockett
Fowke's dust-up drew a few shells; and the Turk strengthened his right to meet this new threat.
The Leicestershires beyond BaghdadEdward 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 GapHarry 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 ClintonsArchibald Marshall