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come down with one's dust en · VERB

Etymology

From the (now dated) slang sense of dust meaning ‘money’.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, slang) To pay up, especially in cash; to settle one’s accounts, to lay down one’s money.

Forms

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came down with one's dust Tense=Past lexicographic
coming down with one's dust Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
comes down with one's dust Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
come down with the dust alternative lexicographic
down with one's dust alternative lexicographic
down with the dust alternative lexicographic
come down with one's dust Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic