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bust-up
[ buhst-uhp ]
noun
- a separation or dissolution, as of a marriage or a close friendship.
- a large party, especially a noisy one.
- Chiefly British. a quarrel; disturbance; punch-up.
bust-up
noun
- a quarrel, esp a serious one ending a friendship, etc
- a disturbance or brawl
verb
- intr to quarrel and part
- tr to disrupt (a meeting), esp violently
Word History and Origins
Origin of bust-up1
Example Sentences
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".
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.
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.
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.
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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