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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

eat someone's dust en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be outrun.
    • You better move fast before you eat his dust.
  2. (informal) To get one to be on a losing end.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eating someone's dust Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eaten someone's dust Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eats someone's dust Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ate someone's dust Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

eat my dust

Relateds

leave someone in the dust · bite the dust