bite the dust
Example Sentences
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Seeing that and other jobs bite the dust was "so disappointing", she says.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2021
Should City’s woes continue, or put another way should Guardiola persist in playing a high defensive line with Nicolás Otamendi at the heart of it, another pre-season theory will soon bite the dust.
From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2019
We don’t see Tyene bite the dust on-screen, but I can’t imagine Benioff and Weiss suddenly deciding she’s worth the narrative investment to have her wriggle out of this.
From The Verge • Jul. 31, 2017
I also suspect “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” is going to bite the dust this year; the topicality of its red-hot first season just isn’t there.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2017
On that particular morning they had made me bite the dust until I could no longer endure the sight of them.
From Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories by Kelly, Florence Finch
