Dust-up

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of dustup. alt-of, alternative

    "There's market gardening, a ruined abbey with an isolated belltower, a battlefield trail and festival recalling a dust-up of 1265, and a plaque on the old Midland station."

Synonyms

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brawlding-dongdustupfightpunch-up

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"There's market gardening, a ruined abbey with an isolated belltower, a battlefield trail and festival recalling a dust-up of 1265, and a plaque on the old Midland station."

Etymology

Deverbal from dust up.

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