Meaning of dustup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A scuffle or fight.
   informal
2. An argument or dispute.
   broadly, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“The incident followed other dustups between the two parties over the conduct of the war on terrorism.”

““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'.””

“And given how few Netflix subscribers appear to have canceled their subscriptions during last year’s dust-up with Mr. Chappelle, Spotify can probably breathe easy on this front for now.”

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