What does kiss the dust mean?

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kiss the dust

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

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kisses the dust (present, singular) kissing the dust (participle, present) kissed the dust (participle, past) kissed the dust (past)

bite the dust

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