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bust-up

NOUN
  1. a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship)

How To Use bust-up In A Sentence

  • Council officials say bust-ups are not good for democracy and the behaviour of some councillors has ‘left a good deal to be desired’.
  • Christie was involved in an angry bust-up with reporters and photographers outside the courtroom.
  • That version of events was questioned by an industry analyst, who said: ‘It sounds like there has been a boardroom bust-up here.’
  • He had been reckless to start a violent bust-up on the stairs when he had had too much alcohol, the court was told.
  • And the WWF has not been without its problems: several accidents, lawsuits, bust-ups and gaffes all combining to give him some serious headaches in recent years.
  • Leslie, 43, and Chapman have had a string of bust-ups in a stormy marriage.
  • Now there are wrangles right, left and centre, with videos - filmed without guests' knowledge while they were drunk - causing no end of bust-ups.
  • As the characters struggle to navigate the tangled web of their assorted affairs and bust-ups, they are routinely forced to spout alarming quantities of American therapy-speak of the kind popularised by shows such as Dr Phil.
  • Problems continue to pile up for beleaguered Leeds United manager Peter Reid as the club ended one of the worst weeks in its history with a walloping, a bust-up and bottom place in the Premiership.
  • And somehow he got away with just a stern warning after a touchline bust-up in stoppage time.
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