"eat someone's dust" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-eat someone's dust.ogg Forms: eats someone's dust [present, singular, third-person], eating someone's dust [participle, present], ate someone's dust [past], eaten someone's dust [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> someone's dust}} eat someone's dust (third-person singular simple present eats someone's dust, present participle eating someone's dust, simple past ate someone's dust, past participle eaten someone's dust)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be outrun. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-eat_someone's_dust-en-verb-TlwbQ74-
  2. (informal) To get one to be on a losing end. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-eat_someone's_dust-en-verb-QQz92ap8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hindi translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eat my dust Related terms: bite the dust
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        "To be outrun."
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        "(idiomatic, informal) To be outrun."
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "hi",
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        "(informal) To get one to be on a losing end."
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        "To be outrun."
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "note": "धूल चाटना (to get defeated, literally “licking dirt”)",
      "sense": "idiomatic"
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