dustup

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Etymology

Deverbal from dust up.

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Noun

dustup (plural dustups)

  1. (informal) A scuffle or fight.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fight
  2. (informal, by extension) An argument or dispute.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute
    • 2005 June 21, Seattle Times
    • 2020 September 27, Christy Stratton & Jeremy Rowley, “Violet's Secret” (18:18 from the start), in Bless the Harts‎, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Wayne Edwards (Ike Barinholtz):
      “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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      The incident followed other dustups between the two parties over the conduct of the war on terrorism.
    • 2022 January 31, Kevin Roose, “Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem Isn’t Going Away”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      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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