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dust-up noun a fight; a disturbance; an engagement with an enemy UK, 1897 Military coinage; the image of dust raised in a physical conflict.- Immediate cause of the dustup was the fact that Oppermann had asked City Attorney Dion R. Holm for a ruling on legality of his issuing permits for twenty-five foot lots in two new subdivisions west of Twin Peaks. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 16, 25 November 1950
- I hoped Channel 8 had either ignored Teddy’s police dust-up or prejudiced his case. — George V. Higgins, Penance for Jerry Kennedy, p. 125, 1985
- [A] bit of a dust-up between King Harry and Sir Thomas a’Becket down the Old Kent Road[.] — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, p. 163, 1994
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