eat someone's dust

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eat someone's dust

verb eats someone's dust · eating someone's dust · ate someone's dust · eaten someone's dust

  1. idiomatic, informal To be outrun. You better move fast before you eat his dust.
  2. informal To get one to be on a losing end.

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@misc{eat_someone_s_dust_2026,
  title = {eat someone's dust},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eat%20someone's%20dust},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}