dust-up

noun

1. a quarrel, fight, or argument

verb

1. tr, adverb to attack or assault (someone)

Example Sentences

By contrast, Mary came out of that whole dust-up with a deep reservoir of good will among non-wingers.

From The Daily Beast

The fans also have no say in what they want to receive from their local cable and satellite companies in this dust up.

From The Daily Beast

(After no small amount of public outcry thanks to a short article about the dust-up in Page Six, Cruise apologized).

From The Daily Beast

One can sweep everything with the broom, dust everything with the duster, and take the dust up on a newspaper.

From Project Gutenberg

He waved his hand and disappeared through the dust up the column, the two soldiers trotting hard after him.

From Project Gutenberg

I also told him he was a wonder, but how did he manage to slip out near a ton of dust up that road without our knowing it?

From Project Gutenberg

See how the buffalo takes its steep bank—a plunge headlong, which sends the dust up in clouds.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, with a few dexterous flourishes of her cloth, she would start the dust up in a cloud.

From Project Gutenberg