Usually means: Fail or be defeated utterly.
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  1. kiss the dust: Wiktionary
  2. Kiss the Dust: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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▸ verb:  Synonym of bite the dust

Similar:
bite the dust, return to dust, dust, shake the dust from one's feet, turn to dust, shake the dust from one's sandals, eat someone's dust, come down with the dust, bust the dust, dust off, more...

Opposite:
triumph, prevail, succeed, conquer

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Similar:
bite the dust, return to dust, dust, shake the dust from one's feet, turn to dust, shake the dust from one's sandals, eat someone's dust, come down with the dust, bust the dust, dust off, more...

Opposite:
triumph, prevail, succeed, conquer



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