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bust-up

[buhst-uhp]
–noun Informal.
1. a separation or dissolution, as of a marriage or a close friendship.
2. a large party, esp. a noisy one.
3. Chiefly British. a quarrel; disturbance; punch-up.

Origin:
1840–50; n. use of v. phrase bust up
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bust-up

noun
a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) 
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