Bite the dust

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Categories: Street Slang

Bite the dust is a slang term that means to die or to fail.

When someone says “bite the dust,” they mean that someone or something has met their end or has failed. It can be used in a literal sense to refer to someone dying, or in a figurative sense to indicate a failure or defeat.

Example 1: After a long battle with cancer, he finally bit the dust.
Example 2: The companys new product didn’t sell well, and it quickly bit the dust.

Synonyms:
Perish, kick the bucket, croak, meet one's end
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