Idiom
beat the dust
Meaning
To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The horse began to beat the dust during the show.”
“The rider struggled to control the horse as it started to beat the dust in the arena.”
“The stallion's tendency to beat the dust rather than execute a clean, elevated movement disappointed the judges during the dressage competition.”
Examples
simple
“The horse began to beat the dust during the show.”
contextual
“The rider struggled to control the horse as it started to beat the dust in the arena.”
complex
“The stallion's tendency to beat the dust rather than execute a clean, elevated movement disappointed the judges during the dressage competition.”
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