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BUST-UP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does bust-up mean?

• BUST-UP (noun)
The noun BUST-UP has 1 sense:

1. a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship)

Familiarity information: BUST-UP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BUST-UP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bust-up" is a kind of...):

dustup; quarrel; row; run-in; words; wrangle (an angry dispute)

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