bite the dust

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bite the dust
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Sense: v.

Synonyms:

be fatally wounded, fall , drop , die , drop dead, fall down dead, topple, meet one's maker (slang), kick the bucket (slang), pass , pass on, pass away, expire , croak (slang)

Sense: idiom

Synonyms:

be killed, fall in battle, succumb, go under, die , fail , drop dead, fall down dead, lose , meet one's maker (slang), pass away, pass , pass on, croak (slang), kick the bucket (slang), give up the ghost (slang)

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