I had a bit of a dustup with my roommate.
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Dustup
/ˈdʌstʌp/
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6 entriesacademic dustupadministrative dustupheated exchangephysical skirmishpolicy dustupverbal quarrel
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6 entriesbrief dustupheated dustupminor dustuppolitical dustuppublic dustupverbal dustup
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Mik looked at his arm and knew this wouldn't work for another dustup with the she-hemoth that was hot on his heels. He put his shield on the damaged arm. It felt strange since he usually wore it on his left.
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The incident followed other dustups between the two parties over the conduct of the war on terrorism.
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“Look at us. I plumb forgot what this dustup's even about. Now, what I'm-what I'm... what I'm trying to say here is, hoo, boy, we all need to stop fightin'.”
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