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Definition of left in the dust

left in the dust

expression

  • to be left behind.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

    Citation from "Let 'Em Eat Cake", Arrested Development (TV), Season 1 Episode 22 (2004) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 18 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 18 2016.

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Other terms relating to 'dust':

Definitions include: Phencyclidine, also known as PCP.
Definitions include: to die.
Definitions include: noun, to be hit upside the head when not thinking clearly, to "knock the dust off your brain."
Definitions include: to flatulate while walking through an area or by group of people.
Definitions include: to leave.
Definitions include: a clump of dust, usually found behind or underneath furniture.
Definitions include: a beating.
Definitions include: From the Viet Nam Era, it means to pick up or evacuate personnel, especially wounded, via helicopter.
Definitions include: to kill
Definitions include: to beat one's ass.
Definitions include: a pretend substance used to make something unlikely happen.
Definitions include: to physically attack someone.
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: a pretend substance used to give someone or something improved abilities.

Other terms relating to 'in':

Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
Definitions include: no chance.
Definitions include: something easy.
Definitions include: at some time before the present.
Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
Definitions include: included.
Definitions include: clitoris.
Definitions include: to intrude.
Definitions include: See barge in.
Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."

Other terms relating to 'left':

Definitions include: to be killed.
Definitions include: the west coast of the United States.
Definitions include: a marijuana cigarette; "joint".
Definitions include: In the same tradition as calling shotgun, these two terms refer to the back seats on the left and right side of the vehicle.
Definitions include: in the United States, a member of the Democratic party.
Definitions include: a "left turn" performed by turning right at an intersection then making a U-turn; or by going past the intersection then making a U-turn then making a right turn.
Definitions include: statement of disbelief.
Definitions include: unexpectedly.
Definitions include: really stank.
Definitions include: to reject.
Definitions include: when a person confuses their right and left, used to mockingly inform them.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

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