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bite the dust

verb

Definitions

  1. To die.

    • Three more warriors bit the dust...
    • Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over. We're lucky that the one at Didcot survived into preservation.

  2. To quit, or fail.

    • My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day.
    • London calling, now don't look to us / Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA