bite the dust
Example Sentences
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The hopes of eight more nations will bite the dust after the first knockout round, which includes England against Senegal and BBC football expert Chris Sutton's adopted nation, Japan.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022
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
First to bite the dust was Baz Luhrmann’s hip-hop fantasia The Get Down.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 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
The noble Army of Northern Virginia, once, twice conqueror of empire, must bite the dust before its formidable adversary.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
