turn to dust

English

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Verb

turn to dust (third-person singular simple present turns to dust, present participle turning to dust, simple past and past participle turned to dust)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To die.
    • 1996, Neil Diamond, If I Lost My Way:
      If I lost my dreams
      Could I keep your trust
      Promise that our love
      Would not turn to dust
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