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leave someone in the dust

idiom

To completely overtake a competitor.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    as if someone owns the place

    Alternative form of like someone owns the place.

  2. 02

    beat someone round the ears

    To beat (a person) with blows about the head.

  3. 03

    beat the dust

    To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.

  4. 04

    bite the dust

    To die.

  5. 05

    bless someone with

    To give or bestow, as a gift from God.

  6. 06

    bring someone to their knees

    To defeat and make submit to orders.

  7. 07

    bust the dust

    To clean dust off something, such as with a vacuum cleaner.

  8. 08

    call someone every name in the book

    To call someone many abusive names.

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