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lick the dust

lick the dust verb: to die; to bite the dust.

Verb

lick the dust (third-person singular simple present licks the dust, present participle licking the dust, simple past and past participle licked the dust)

  1. To die; to bite the dust.
  2. To be abjectly servile.

lick the dust meaning in Kannada

lick the dust in Kannada

ಮಣ್ಣುಮುಕ್ಕು, ಪಲಾಯನ ಮಾಡು

Forms of lick the dust

third-person singular presentlicks the dust
present participlelicking the dust
past participlelicked the dust
pastlicked the dust

Questions about lick the dust

What does lick the dust mean?
Lick the dust means to die; to bite the dust.
What is lick the dust in Kannada?
Lick the dust in Kannada is ಮಣ್ಣುಮುಕ್ಕು, ಪಲಾಯನ ಮಾಡು. See Lick the dust meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is lick the dust?
Lick the dust is a verb.
What is the past tense of lick the dust?
The past tense of lick the dust is licked the dust.

Words near lick the dust in the dictionary

  1. lick someone's balls
  2. lick someone's boots
  3. lick spout
  4. lick spouts
  5. lick the birse
  6. lick the dust
  7. lick the pants off
  8. lick up
  9. lick-and-stick
  10. lick-box
  11. lick-boxes

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