leave someone in the dust

verb2

1. •
   (informal) To completely overtake a competitor.

   • The company has currently no plans to switch away from the old designs, so they could very easily be left in the dust.
2. •
   (old-fashioned) To abandon; to leave behind.

   • In like manner, our great Henry, was not he forsaken? Left in the dust of disfauour, and neglected all the time of his childhood? — 1619