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Dust UpDust Up : PhrasesMeaning: A fight. Origin: Clearly this term alludes to the dust raised in a scuffle or fight. It isn't an especially old phrase and first appears around the end of the 19th century. The earliest printed reference I can find is Sidney L. Hinde's The fall of the Congo Arabs, 1897: "An American nigger said ... they ain't had such a dust-up in this hole since creation." Phrases Index | |
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