Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bite the dust

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: bite the -dust
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To die.

verb

To quit, or fail.

Example Sentences

"Ulysses killed Demoptolemus, Telemachus Euryades, Eumæus Elatus, while the stockman killed Pisander. These all bit the dust, and as the others drew back into a corner Ulysses and his men rushed forward and regained their spears by drawing them from the bodies of the dead"
"Three more warriors bit the dust..."
"Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over. We're lucky that the one at Didcot survived into preservation."
"My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day."
"London calling, now don't look to us / Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust"

Inflected Forms

bites the dust (present, singular) biting the dust (participle, present) bit the dust (past) bitten the dust (participle, past)

Phrases

another one bites the dust

Questions

What does bite the dust mean?: To die.

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