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left someone in the dust

left someone in the dust is the simple past and past participle of leave someone in the dust.

Meaning of leave someone in the dust

Verb

leave someone in the dust (third-person singular simple present leaves someone in the dust, present participle leaving someone in the dust, simple past and past participle left someone in the dust)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To completely overtake a competitor.
    • The company has currently no plans to switch away from the old designs, so they could very easily be left in the dust.
    Synonyms:
    leave for dust
  2. (dated) To abandon; to leave behind.
    • In like manner, our great Henry, was not he forſaken? Left in the duſt of disfauour, and neglected all the time of his childhood?1619, Thomas Milles, ΑΡΧΑΙΟ-ΠΛΟΥΤΟΣ. Containing, Ten following Bookes to the former Treasurie of Auncient and Moderne Times

Questions about left someone in the dust

What is left someone in the dust the simple past and past participle of?
Left someone in the dust is the simple past and past participle of leave someone in the dust.

Words near left someone in the dust in the dictionary

  1. left shifts
  2. left someone cold
  3. left someone hanging
  4. left someone high and dry
  5. left someone holding the baby
  6. left someone in the dust
  7. left someone in the lurch
  8. left someone no choice
  9. left someone on read
  10. left someone on seen
  11. left someone out in the cold

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