We can use Joomla's replacePrefix
function which dumps out the query in a format that can be inserted straight into the likes of phpMyAdmin.
Here's a simple example:
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
$query->select($db->quoteName('title'))
->from($db->quoteName('#__content'));
$db->setQuery($query);
// Dump the query
echo $db->replacePrefix((string) $query);
Will output the following:
SELECT `title` FROM `jos_content`
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