dust up

See also: dustup and dust-up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

dust up (third-person singular simple present dusts up, present participle dusting up, simple past and past participle dusted up)

1. (transitive) To cover with dust.
2. (transitive, slang) To attack (a person) physically; to beat up.
   • 2009, Johannes Werner, Knight of Germany: Oswald Boelcke German Ace, page 194:

     I promptly put my machine behind him and was about to dust him up a bit when another Fokker came to my help and got in first. He dived on the Caudron, who bolted at once. The Nieuport saw him and came to help his comrade in distress.

Translations

to attack

• German: angreifen (de)