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beat the dust

beat the dust verb: to perform curvets too precipitately or too low.

Verb

beat the dust (third-person singular simple present beats the dust, present participle beating the dust, simple past beat the dust, past participle beaten the dust or (colloquial) beat the dust)

  1. (idiomatic) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.

Forms of beat the dust

third-person singular presentbeats the dust
present participlebeating the dust
pastbeat the dust
past participlebeaten the dust
past participle (colloquial)beat the dust

Questions about beat the dust

What does beat the dust mean?
Beat the dust means to perform curvets too precipitately or too low.
What part of speech is beat the dust?
Beat the dust is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the dust?
The past tense of beat the dust is beat the dust.

Words near beat the dust in the dictionary

  1. beat the daylight out of
  2. beat the daylights out of
  3. beat the drum
  4. beat the drum for
  5. beat the dummy
  6. beat the dust
  7. beat the hoof
  8. beat the meat
  9. beat the odds
  10. beat the pants off
  11. beat the poop out of

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