If a big truck bears down on you from behind, this powerful car can leave it in the dust.
This new computer virus left last year's killer virus in the dust.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
leave someone in the dust — leave (someone) in the dust US informal : to go far ahead of (someone) : to be much more advanced than (someone) The company has left its competitors in the dust. • • • Main Entry: ↑dust leave (someone) in the dust see … Useful english dictionary
leave something in the dust — leave (someone/something) in the dust 1. to move quickly away from someone or something. If a big truck bears down on you from behind, this powerful car can leave it in the dust. 2. to replace someone or something with something new. This new… … New idioms dictionary
leave in the dust — leave (someone) in the dust US informal : to go far ahead of (someone) : to be much more advanced than (someone) The company has left its competitors in the dust. • • • Main Entry: ↑dust leave (someone) in the dust see … Useful english dictionary
leave in the dust — leave (someone/something) in the dust 1. to move quickly away from someone or something. If a big truck bears down on you from behind, this powerful car can leave it in the dust. 2. to replace someone or something with something new. This new… … New idioms dictionary
leave someone/something in the dust — surpass someone or something easily today s modems leave their predecessors in the dust … Useful english dictionary
dust — dust1 [ dʌst ] noun uncount ** very small pieces of dirt that cover surfaces inside buildings like a powder: The dictionaries were covered in dust. a. very small pieces of dry earth or sand that are like powder: There were clouds of dust in the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
leave someone/thing in the dust — surpass someone or something easily. → dust … English new terms dictionary
dust — dustless, adj. /dust/, n. 1. earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. 2. a cloud of finely powdered earth or other matter in the air. 3. any finely powdered substance, as sawdust. 4. the ground; the earth s surface. 5. the substance to which … Universalium
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases — The Tertiary Phase , Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase are radio adaptations of the books Life, the Universe and Everything , So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless recorded in 2003 and 2004 by Above the Title Productions… … Wikipedia
dust — [dust] n. [ME < OE, akin to MLowG: for IE base see DUN1] 1. powdery earth or other matter in bits fine enough to be easily suspended in air 2. a cloud of such matter 3. confusion; turmoil 4. a) earth, esp. as the place of burial … English World dictionary
