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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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Word History and Origins

Origin of bust-up1

First recorded in 1840–50; noun use of verb phrase bust up
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Referring to a very public bust-up between Zelensky and Trump at the White House in February, the mayor suggested that key issues between top politicians would be better discussed "without video cameras".

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There have been no issues with training, no bust-up beyond a feeling of disappointment at being left out, no storyline that only the cameras will reveal in the next series of the documentary.

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But with the unpredictability of Trump's second term - not least following the pair's Oval Office bust-up in February - Zelensky may now have to transform again.

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Ministers can only dream of having that kind of power now, as the UK watches on in growing horror at the bust-up between the US and China.

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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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