dustup

dust·up

D0436000 (dŭst′ŭp′)n. Slang A row; a dispute.

dust•up

(ˈdʌstˌʌp)

n. a quarrel; argument; row. [1895–1900]

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dustup - an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, wordsdifference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict - a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"affray, altercation, fracas - noisy quarrelpettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff, bicker, bickering, fuss - a quarrel about petty pointsbust-up - a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship)

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