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bitten the dustphrasepast participle of bite the dust to come to an endFortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing. broken off, broken up, ceased, closed, concluded, dead-ended, determined, died, discontinued, elapsed, ended, expired, finished, gone, halted, lapsed, left off, let up, passed, quit(also quitted), stopped, terminated, winked (out), wound up(also winded up) desisted (from), laid off (of), refrained (from)given over(British), knocked off, packed (up or in)broken down, conked (out), cut out, stalledpaused, stayed, suspendedabated, petered (out), wound down(also winded down) continued, hung on, persisted drawn out, extended, prolonged, protracted to stop livingThe marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust. checked out, conked (out), croaked(slang), deceased, demised, departed, died, dropped, ended, exited, expired, fallen, flatlined, gone, kicked in(slang), kicked off(slang), parted, passed away, passed (on), pegged out(chiefly British), perished, popped off, stepped out, succumbed predeceasedconsumed, disappeared, dried up, faded, failed bought it(or bought the farm), given up the ghost, kicked the bucket, snuffed it(British) breathed, lived come to, revivedlingeredbeen, existed, subsistedflourished, prospered, thrived(also thriven) |