bitten the dust
Met one's end
Bitten the dust is the past participle form of bite the dust, meaning to have died, failed, or been defeated.
The phrase evokes falling face-first into the ground: Another one of my houseplants has bitten the dust.
It often describes things that have stopped working or ventures that have failed: Three startups have bitten the dust this quarter.
- fallenHaving dropped down
- failedDid not succeed
- goneNo longer present
- kicked the bucketDied, colloquially
- perishedCeased living violently
dead · dead and gone · six feet under · succumbed · expired · kaput · bought the farm · disintegrate · wipeout · went under · flatlined · lights out · game over · defeat · collapse · croaked · ruin · moribund