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eating someone's dust

eating someone's dust is the present participle and gerund of eat someone's dust.

Meaning of eat someone's dust

Verb

eat someone's dust (third-person singular simple present eats someone's dust, present participle eating someone's dust, simple past ate someone's dust, past participle eaten someone's dust)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be outrun.
    • You better move fast before you eat his dust.
  2. (informal) To get one to be on a losing end.

Questions about eating someone's dust

What is eating someone's dust the present participle and gerund of?
Eating someone's dust is the present participle and gerund of eat someone's dust.

Words near eating someone's dust in the dictionary

  1. eating shit
  2. eating someone alive
  3. eating someone for breakfast
  4. eating someone out of house and home
  5. eating someone's ass
  6. eating someone's dust
  7. eating someone's heart
  8. eating someone's lunch
  9. eating something up
  10. eating something up with a spoon
  11. eating the baby

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