bite the dust

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Should City’s woes continue, or put another way should Guardiola persist in playing a high defensive line with Nicolás Otamendi at the heart of it, another pre-season theory will soon bite the dust.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2019

We don’t see Tyene bite the dust on-screen, but I can’t imagine Benioff and Weiss suddenly deciding she’s worth the narrative investment to have her wriggle out of this.

From The Verge • Jul. 31, 2017

I also suspect “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” is going to bite the dust this year; the topicality of its red-hot first season just isn’t there.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2017

That’s the sickening thud Becca Pizzi says runners make when they’re out training for the Boston Marathon and bite the dust.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2015

In our heart of hearts believing   Victory crowns the just,   And that braggarts must   Surely bite the dust, Press we to the field ungrieving, In our heart of hearts believing   Victory crowns the just.

From A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 by Clarke, George Herbert