turn to dust

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

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To die.
   • 1996, Neil Diamond, If I Lost My Way:

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