What does beat the dust mean?

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beat the dust

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

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beats the dust (present, singular) beating the dust (participle, present) beaten the dust (participle, past)

What does beat the dust mean?: To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.

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