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Definition of Bite off
1. Verb. Bite off with a quick bite. "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants"
Definition of Bite off
1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic sometimes followed by (term on)) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bite Off
Literary usage of Bite off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Origin of Language and Myths by Morgan Peter Kavanagh (1871)
"But why was the wolf made to bite off Tyr's hand, that is, the hand of the sun ?
We have already fully accounted for the sun having had his hand cut off; ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Joseph Brown Heiskell, Tennessee Supreme Court (1872)
"An indictment for mayhem may charge in the same count that the defendant did "slit,
cut off and bite off the ear," &c. Code construed: 4606, 5121. ..."
3. The British Journal of Psychology by British Psychological Society (1913)
"... to break off with the hand, to bite off," so superfluous that a special word
for each argues a low mental development ? especially if we do more justice ..."
4. Origin of Language and Myths by Morgan Peter Kavanagh (1871)
"But why was the wolf made to bite off Tyr's hand, that is, the hand of the sun ?
We have already fully accounted for the sun having had his hand cut off; ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Joseph Brown Heiskell, Tennessee Supreme Court (1872)
"An indictment for mayhem may charge in the same count that the defendant did "slit,
cut off and bite off the ear," &c. Code construed: 4606, 5121. ..."
6. The British Journal of Psychology by British Psychological Society (1913)
"... to break off with the hand, to bite off," so superfluous that a special word
for each argues a low mental development ? especially if we do more justice ..."
7. Papua; Or, British New Guinea by John Hubert Plunkett Murray (1912)
"I did not bite off Laura's nose ; it is not the custom to bite off the nose of
a person whom you have killed. If I kill a man, some one else bites off his ..."
8. Papua; Or, British New Guinea by John Hubert Plunkett Murray (1912)
"I did not bite off Laura's nose ; it is not the custom to bite off the nose of
a person whom you have killed. If I kill a man, some one else bites off his ..."
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