dust up

verb — 2 senses

verb

To cover with dust.

Slang 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.2009, Johannes Werner, Knight of Germany: Oswald Boelcke German Ace, page 194:

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