dust up

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dust up

verb dusts up · dusting up · dusted up

transitive To cover with dust.
slang, transitive To attack (a person) physically; to beat up. 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.

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verb to cover with dust

Português	empoeirar

verb to attack

Deutsch	angreifen

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@misc{dust_up_2026,
  title = {dust up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dust%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}