bite the dust
to die, fail, or be defeated

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bite the dust
1.
to fail or to stop existing.
Three hundred more people lost their jobs in the same region when another firm bit the dust.

She can't make it on Saturday? Oh, well, another good idea bites the dust!

2.
to die.
Two Hollywood stars of the thirties have recently bitten the dust.

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bite the dust
to be killed, to break down, to be defeated
I think that my car will bite the dust soon.

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bite the dust
v. phr., informal
1. To be killed in battle.
Captain Jones discharged his gun and another guerrilla bit the dust.
2. To fall in defeat; go down before enemies; be overthrown; lose.
Our team bit the dust today.

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