in the dust, leave someone

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Leave one far behind, as in a race or competition. For example, This marketing strategy will leave the others in the dust. This metaphoric colloquialism alludes to the dust raised by a fast-moving horse or vehicle.

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Words nearby in the dust, leave someone

in the dock, in the doghouse, in the doldrums, in the driver's seat, in the dumps, in the dust, leave someone, in the end, in the event of, in the eye, in the eye of, in the face

How to use in the dust, leave someone in a sentence

“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.
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France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
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“Someone is determined to keep Bill Cosby off TV,” she continued.
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They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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As Perker said this, he looked towards the door, with an evident desire to render the leave-taking as brief as possible.
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Now for the tempering of the Gudgeons, I leave it to the judgment of the Workman; but a word or two of the polishing of it.
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Ollie saw someone standing before it, bending slightly forward in the pose of expectation.
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