From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdust-updust-up /ˈdʌst-ʌp/ noun [countable] British English informal FIGHTa fight
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dust-up• There'd be the most awful dust-up.• He had a premarital dust-up with the woman who is now his wife, and the networks showed the video.• He couldn't see that the dust-up I'd had with our dad was mainly because of the way Frank was towards me.• He compares this dust-up with one he had with President Reagan. 