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Meanings of lick the dust in English

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Usage of lick the dust in English
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Thus, too, his tongue would protrude and lick the dust.
After London; Or, Wild England
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The lions of St. Marc must lick the dust.
Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica
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As the Lord liveth, he shall lick the dust.
Stories of the Border Marches
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It is the modest, thoughtful woman, you cannot make lick the dust in sorrow and tears.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
5
Do it, and I will go down on my knees and lick the dust before you!
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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To lick the dust that despots tread.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
7
His enemies shall lick the dust.
Familiar Quotations
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They shall lick the dust like serpents, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth, and be utterly destroyed!
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
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In scores of hotly-contested battles, the British lion, unused as it was to cower before a foe, was compelled to " lick the dust" in defeat.
Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams / Sixth President ...
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Alfred E. Ricks all but licks the dust off of Bill Bassett's shoes.
The Gentle Grafter
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You'd be crouching before the tyrant's hat and licking the dust from his shoes!
Gritli's Children
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Lick the dust off my shoes, and you shall be indulged with a morsel of meat.
Anna St. Ives
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Proud men had licked the dust before him.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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He licks the dust before any man of wealth or authority; his tongue hangs down to his shoe-buckles.
The Maid of Maiden Lane
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'Lord Castlewood, here you have the choice-tolick the dust, or be dust!
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
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He licked the dust off his lips, looked wistfully at the swinging door, and turned back to his pony.
Hidden Creek
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Lick the dust across language varieties
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