English

Verb

to bite the dust ‎(third-person singular simple present bites the dust, present participle biting the dust, simple past and past participle bit the dust)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To die.
2. (idiomatic) To quit, or fail.
   • 1979, The Clash (music), “London Calling”:

     London calling, now don't look to us / Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust

   My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day.

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• See also Wikisaurus:die

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