come down with one's dust
(slang, archaic) To pay up, especially in cash; to settle one’s accounts, to lay down one’s money.
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#1·Apr 26, 2026
(slang, archaic) To pay up, especially in cash; to settle one’s accounts, to lay down one’s money.
Origin: From the (now dated) slang sense of dust meaning ‘money’. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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