Usually means: Disagreement or fight causing separation.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word bust-up:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. bust-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. bust-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bust-up, bust-up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bust-up: Vocabulary.com
  5. bust-up: Wordnik
  6. bust-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. bust-up: Wiktionary
  8. bust-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. bust-up: Dictionary.com
  10. bust-up: Rhymezone
  11. bust-up: FreeDictionary.org
  12. bust-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. bust-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bust-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  (slang) An angry argument.

Similar:
blowout, quarrel, rumpus, bust, wrangling, brouhaha, argument, ruction, rumble, argy-bargy, more...

Phrases:
bust-up takeover, more...

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Similar:
blowout, quarrel, rumpus, bust, wrangling, brouhaha, argument, ruction, rumble, argy-bargy, more...

Phrases:
bust-up takeover, more...



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