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bite off

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Verb1.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"
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? bite off
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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After I got the knife away, he tried to bite off my nose.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
Sancho promised him with much earnestness to keep his mouth shut, and to bite off his tongue before he uttered a word that was not altogether to the purpose and well considered, and told him he might make his mind easy on that point, for it should never be discovered through him what they were.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
When dey do not bite off your thumbs dey are always dying from nostalgia-homesick-for dey haf der imperfect soul, which is midway arrested in defelopment-und too much Ego.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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