turn to dust

verb

To die or disappear.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person turns to dust · participle present turning to dust · participle past turned to dust · past turned to dust

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo die or disappear.

    If I lost my dreams Could I keep your trust Promise that our love Would not turn to dust

    1996, Neil Diamond, If I Lost My Way
    1 more example

    Now he threatens to walk away from Ukraine altogether, impatient to get a deal in time for his 100th-day celebrations on Tuesday. That’s typical too: so often Trump’s grand plans turn to dust because, if he doesn’t get an instant reward, he gets bored and drifts away.

    2025 April 25, Jonathan Freedland, “Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool”, in The Guardian
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turn to dust,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turn%20to%20dust.

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