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Dust up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with dust. transitive
  2. 2
    To attack (a person) physically; to beat up. slang, transitive

    "I promptly put my machine behind him and was about to dust him up a bit when another Fokker came to my help and got in first. He dived on the Caudron, who bolted at once. The Nieuport saw him and came to help his comrade in distress."

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