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come down with the dust

come down with the dust is the alternative form of come down with one's dust.

Meaning of come down with one's dust

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 the dust

third-person singular presentcomes down with the dust
present participlecoming down with the dust
pastcame down with the dust
past participlecome down with the dust

Questions about come down with the dust

What is come down with the dust the alternative form of?
Come down with the dust is the alternative form of come down with one's dust.

Words near come down with the dust in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come down with the dust (page history and authors); come down with one's dust (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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