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bust-up

 noun
     
bust-up [countable] informal
1 the end of a relationship
bust-up of
the bust-up of their marriage

➔ bust up

at bust1
2 British English a very bad quarrel or fight:
Cathy and I had a real bust-up yesterday.
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