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come down with one's dust

come down with one's dust verb: to pay up, especially in cash; to settle one’s accounts, to lay down one’s money.

Verb

come down with one's dust (third-person singular simple present comes down with one's dust, present participle coming down with one's dust, simple past came down with one's dust, past participle come down with one's dust)

  1. (archaic, slang) To pay up, especially in cash; to settle one’s accounts, to lay down one’s money.

Forms of come down with one's dust

third-person singular presentcomes down with one's dust
present participlecoming down with one's dust
pastcame down with one's dust
past participlecome down with one's dust
alternative formdown with one's dust
alternative formcome down with the dust
alternative formdown with the dust

Origin of come down with one's dust

From the (now dated) slang sense of dust meaning ‘money’.

Questions about come down with one's dust

What does come down with one's dust mean?
Come down with one's dust means to pay up, especially in cash; to settle one’s accounts, to lay down one’s money.
What part of speech is come down with one's dust?
Come down with one's dust is a verb.
What is the past tense of come down with one's dust?
The past tense of come down with one's dust is came down with one's dust.

Words near come down with one's dust in the dictionary

  1. come down to
  2. come down to earth
  3. come down to us
  4. come down upon
  5. come down with
  6. come down with one's dust
  7. come down with the dust
  8. come ed
  9. come first
  10. come for
  11. come forth

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