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Bite the dust

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  1. 1
    To die. euphemistic, idiomatic

    "Ulysses killed Demoptolemus, Telemachus Euryades, Eumæus Elatus, while the stockman killed Pisander. These all bit the dust, and as the others drew back into a corner Ulysses and his men rushed forward and regained their spears by drawing them from the bodies of the dead"

  2. 2
    To quit, or fail. idiomatic

    "My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day."

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