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leave in the dust

VERB
transcend
Synonyms
STRONGEST
eclipse outstrip overstep transform
STRONG
beat best better exceed excel outdo outrival outshine outvie overtop top
WEAK
be superior go above leave behind rise above
Antonyms
STRONG
be inferior fail fall behind lose surrender

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They're out to set an agenda for the U.S.-Mexico relationship that would leave in the dust of history 155 years marked, successively, by warfare, suspicion and wary tolerance.

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