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bust-up

1. a quarrel, esp a serious one ending a friendship, etc

2. Brit a disturbance or brawl

vb (adverb)

3. (intr) to quarrel and part

4. (tr) to disrupt (a meeting), esp violently

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bust′-up`

n. Informal.

1. a separation or dissolution, as of a marriage; breakup.

2. a noisy party.

3. Brit. a quarrel.

[1840–50]

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Noun

bust-up - a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship)

dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words - an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"

Translations

bust-up

[ˈbʌstʌp] N (= quarrel) → riña f, bronca f; (= break-up) → ruptura f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bust-up

n (inf) → Krach m (inf); they had a bust-up → sie haben Krach gehabt (inf); (= split up) → sie haben sich verkracht (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bust-up

[ˈbʌstˌʌp] n (fam) (argument) → lite f
they had a bust-up → hanno rotto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Behind-thescenes bust-ups and fallings-out seem to have held the group back - when they announced they were reforming live on an American radio station, within three minutes Sisqo had walked out and the rest started fighting.

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At which Big Dave instantly added: "Do you mean Brad Pitt when he was in Fight Club?" And far be it from me to encourage claret and blue bust-ups, but is there any reason O'Neill didn't try and settle his alleged early season disputes with 6ft 4ins powerhouse John Carew in the same way he did with slightly smaller Reo-Coker?