Word.ws English Dictionary

down with one's dust

down with one's dust is the ellipsis 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 down with one's dust

third-person singular presentdown with one's dust
present participledown with one's dust
past participledown with one's dust
pastdown with one's dust

Questions about down with one's dust

What is down with one's dust the ellipsis of?
Down with one's dust is the ellipsis of come down with one's dust.

Words near down with one's dust in the dictionary

  1. down tube
  2. down tubes
  3. down under
  4. down upon one's luck
  5. down with
  6. down with one's dust
  7. down with the dust
  8. down with the kids
  9. Down's
  10. Down's syndrome
  11. down-

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: down with one's 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “down with one's dust.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/down_with_one%27s_dust. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.