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bust-up

[ buhst-uhp ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a separation or dissolution, as of a marriage or a close friendship.
  2. a large party, especially a noisy one.
  3. Chiefly British. a quarrel; disturbance; punch-up.


bust-up

noun

  1. a quarrel, esp a serious one ending a friendship, etc
  2. a disturbance or brawl
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to quarrel and part
  2. tr to disrupt (a meeting), esp violently
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bust-up1

First recorded in 1840–50; noun use of verb phrase bust up
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The taoiseach will be the first EU leader to return to the Oval Office since the president's bust-up with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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The Taoiseach will also be the first EU leader to return to the Oval Office since the President's bust-up with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Multiple sources have confirmed there has been no big bust-up and no growing ill feeling.

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The reality is even before his very public bust-up with his manager, Sancho promised far more than he delivered for the Old Trafford club.

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We played a gig in San Diego and had a massive bust-up in the van on the way back to L.A.

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