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Bite off   /baɪt ɔf/   Listen
Bite off

verb
1.
Bite off with a quick bite.  Synonym: snap at.






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"Bite off" Quotes from Famous Books



... strife, Spitting and staring Cursing and swearing, Ripping and tearing, Calling thee "Sausagetail," Abbreviate thy suffix? Or did thy jealous wife Detect yer In some sly flirtation, And, after caudal lecture, Bite off thy ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various

... wasp attack them on the wing. It would hawk round the groups of shrubs, trying to pounce on one unawares; but their natural dread of this foe made it rather difficult to do so. When it did catch one, it would quietly bite off its wings, roll it up into a ball, and fly off with it. Again, the cockroaches that infest the houses of the tropics are very wary, as they have numerous enemies—birds, rats, scorpions, and spiders: their long, ...
— The Naturalist in Nicaragua • Thomas Belt

... takes a bite off a yaller banana and then off a red banana, and then a mouthful of peanuts; and then maybe some mixed candies—not sayin' a word to nobody, but jest natchelly eatin' his fool head off. A young chap that's clerkin' ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1917 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

... elimination failed, however, and so the day dragged on interminably, with no help from without for a mind weary of waiting. The customary dinner was passed up. Everybody snatched a bite off the kitchen table without breaking away from the work. Three or four times people arrived with packages from relatives or friends. Each visitor had to be treated, even though he be a stranger of the humblest character. Then dull monotony reigned once more, ...
— The Soul of a Child • Edwin Bjorkman



Words linked to "Bite off" :   seize with teeth, bite, snap at



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