"beat the dust" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beats the dust [present, singular, third-person], beating the dust [participle, present], beat the dust [past], beaten the dust [participle, past], beat the dust [colloquial, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,beat,beaten:beat􂀿colloquial􂁀>}} beat the dust (third-person singular simple present beats the dust, present participle beating the dust, simple past beat the dust, past participle beaten the dust or (colloquial) beat the dust)
  1. (idiomatic) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-beat_the_dust-en-verb-VczIlOxq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "To perform curvets too precipitately or too low."
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        "(idiomatic) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low."
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        "To perform curvets too precipitately or too low."
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        "(idiomatic) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low."
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