leave (someone/something) in the dust

1. to move quickly away from someone or something.

If a big truck bears down on you from behind, this powerful car can leave it in the dust.

2. to replace someone or something with something new.

This new computer virus left last year's killer virus in the dust.

• take the wrong way
• take time
• take time out
• take to
• take to doing something
• take to heart
• take to heels
• take to like a duck to water
• take to someone
• take to something
• take to something like a duck to water
• take to somewhere
• take to task
• take to the cleaners
• take to the cleaner's
• take to your heels
• take turns
• take turns doing something
• take umbrage
• take umbrage at
• take umbrage at something
• take under wing
• take under your wing
• take up
• take up arms