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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Bite the dust" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to indicate that someone has died or that something has failed or come to an end. Example: "After years of struggling, the old car finally bit the dust and needed to be replaced."
Idiom
Bite the dust.
This is a way of saying that somebody has died, especially if they are killed violently like a soldier in battle.
Dictionary
Bite the dust
verb
To die.
synonyms
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Another final salary scheme is about to bite the dust.
The remaining three of the Chancellor's boasts bite the dust.
Meanwhile, a Zeffirelli production -- "La Traviata" -- will bite the dust.
After five years, Merlin is about to bite the dust.
The first eggs to bite the dust were those in the fetus, which waste away.
This year's event looked as if it would bite the dust before it started.
It suggests the government would at least be willing to let small banks bite the dust.
"Perhaps when they bite the dust, I will hold onto this pair," she said.
China's mandarins are clearly not insusceptible to economic sense, and individual projects could bite the dust.
The FCC's broadcast "fairness doctrine" will finally and officially bite the dust.
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