To lick the dust – Meaning in Hindi, Example | Vocab24 Idioms

To lick the dustMiscellaneous Idioms

Meaning: To accept defeat

Hindi meaning: हार स्वीकार करना

Example: The Pakistani Army licked the dust against Indian Army in the war of 1965 and 1971.

To lick the dust - To accept defeat

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To add insult to injury — To harm as well as humiliate
Against the rainy day — Precaution for emergency
At a loss — To be confused
To beat about the bush — To stray from the main point
To bear the burnt of — To endure the calamity or difficult situation
To bring to light — To disclose
At the eleventh hour — At the last moment
To bury the hatchet — To end old enmity

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