bite the dust (Meaning)
bite the dust
a small amount of food, to imitate or copy (someone or something) especially without permission, to cause irritation or smarting, to take or maintain a firm hold, an expression of interest in something being offered, an amount (as of money) taken usually in one operation for one purpose, to undertake more than one can handle, to suffer humiliation or defeat, to seize, grip, or cut into with or as if with teeth, to cause to smart, to respond to something tempting, to wound, pierce, or sting especially with a fang or a proboscis, food, sound bite, to come to an end, to accept a suggestion or an offer, to take bait, to cut, pierce, or take hold, a keen incisive quality, corrode, to enter with resignation upon a difficult or distressing course of action, the act or manner of biting, a single exposure of an etcher's plate to the corrosive action of acid, sharper, to eat into, the amount of food taken at a bite, the manner of biting, to cause sharp pain or stinging discomfort to, a sharp penetrating effect, to take in, a sharp penetrating quality or effect, to cut or pierce with or as if with an edged weapon, to produce a negative effect, the act of biting, cheat, trick, to wound, pierce, or sting, to be objectionable or extremely bad in quality, to take hold of, a wound made by biting, to injure a benefactor maliciously, the grip taken in biting, a surface that creates friction or is brought into contact with another for the purpose of obtaining a hold, to seize especially with teeth or jaws so as to enter, grip, or wound, to fall dead especially in battle, to take a bait, to bite or have the habit of biting something, occlusion sense 2a, occlusion sense 1b, the hold or grip by which friction (see friction sense 1b) is created or purchase (see purchase entry 2 sense 3a(1)) is obtained, a seizing of something by biting, to hold back (as from a reluctance to offend) a remark one would like to make, to respond so as to be caught (as by a trick)
Synonyms & Antonyms of bite the dust
Synonyms:
- pause
- desist (from)
- suspend
- stay
- knock off
- break down
- lay off (of)
- pack (up or in)
- conk (out)
- wind down
- cut out
- give over
Antonyms:
bite the dust Sentence Examples
- The old barn finally bit the dust in a spectacular gust of wind.
- The politician's reputation bit the dust after the scandal broke.
- The hopes of winning the championship bit the dust after the team's devastating loss.
- The old car reluctantly bit the dust, its engine wheezing and dying.
- The ancient oak tree bit the dust, its majestic trunk felled by time.
- The once-opulent mansion bit the dust, becoming a mere shadow of its former glory.
- The aspiring actor's dreams bit the dust after a string of failed auditions.
- The rebellious teenager's rebellion bit the dust when their parents set strict boundaries.
- The stock market bubble bit the dust, leaving investors devastated.
- The once-popular fad bit the dust as quickly as it had risen in popularity.
FAQs About the word bite the dust
a small amount of food, to imitate or copy (someone or something) especially without permission, to cause irritation or smarting, to take or maintain a firm hol
conclude, stop, finish,end, cease, pass, halt, expire, go, terminate
persist, hang on,continue, prolong, draw out,extend,protract
The old barn finally bit the dust in a spectacular gust of wind.
The politician's reputation bit the dust after the scandal broke.
The hopes of winning the championship bit the dust after the team's devastating loss.
The old car reluctantly bit the dust, its engine wheezing and dying.
