If you say that something has bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed.
Has bit the dust meaning?
Literally, to fall face down in the dirt; to suffer a defeat: “Once again, the champion wins, and another contender bites the dust.”
How do you use bite the dust?
Example Sentences
- The soldier bit the dust after a very long fight and even at that he managed to take many enemy soldiers with him.
- I am not going to bite the dust so easily because throughout my life I have been a fighter.
