"dust-up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dust-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from dust up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|dust up}} Deverbal from dust up Head templates: {{en-noun}} dust-up (plural dust-ups)
  1. Alternative spelling of dustup Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dustup

Inflected forms

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