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returns to dust

returns to dust is the third-person singular simple present indicative of return to dust.

Meaning of return to dust

Verb

return to dust (third-person singular simple present returns to dust, present participle returning to dust, simple past and past participle returned to dust)

  1. (euphemistic, figuratively) To die.
    • Alexander died: Alexander was buried: Alexander returneth into dustc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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What is returns to dust the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Returns to dust is the third-person singular simple present indicative of return to dust.

Words near returns to dust in the dictionary

  1. returns
  2. returns fire
  3. returns on investment
  4. returns the favor
  5. returns the favour
  6. returns to dust
  7. returns to form
  8. returns to one's muttons
  9. returns to scale
  10. returnship
  11. returnships

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