bite off

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Verb

bite off - bite off with a quick bite; "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants"

snap at

bite, seize with teeth - to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"

Translations

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vt sep → abbeißen; he won’t bite your head off (inf) → er wird dir schon nicht den Kopf abreißen; to bite off more than one can chew (prov) → sich (dat) → zu viel zumuten

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