See bite off on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"word": "bite off more than one can chew"
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"ref": "1999, Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon:",
"text": "Then she cocked her head back, opened her mouth, and bit off the trout's top half.",
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"To bite so hard as to remove something from its source."
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"sense": "To remove by biting",
"word": "afbyt"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "To remove by biting",
"word": "abbeißen"
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"code": "la",
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"ref": "1967 July 28, “Actresses: Hayley at 21”, in Time:",
"text": "In between what she called the \"goody-good\" or \"frilly-knickers\" Hollywood films, she bit off some more demanding parts back home.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1988 December 29, Steve Lohr, “Risk Inherited at Finnish Concern”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-04:",
"text": "\"And for the next couple of years, with Nokia having bitten off so much, Vuorilehto is the right guy for the task they face.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006 January 4, Natalie Pace, “Q&A: MySpace Founders Chris DeWolfe And Tom Anderson”, in Forbes, retrieved 2011-07-04:",
"text": "We have set a plan that we believe everyone at News Corp. will bite off on.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009 October 28, “Healthcare reform: Trigger Unhappy”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2011-07-04:",
"text": "They think it's politically too much for the government to bite off right now.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges."
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"notion",
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"(transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges."
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
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"word": "attempt"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
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"word": "tackle"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"sense": "accept or commit oneself to a task, etc",
"word": "undertake"
}
],
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"idiomatic",
"sometimes",
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"_dis1": "3 95 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility",
"word": "se dévouer"
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"sense": "To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility",
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"word": "se casser le cul"
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"ref": "1997, Anthony Spaeth, \"And Here the Twain Shall Meet,\" Time, Special Issue—Hong Kong 1997",
"text": "To thicken that buffer zone Britain joined other powers in biting off larger chunks of China."
},
{
"ref": "2007 March 26, Laurie J. Flynn, “Maker of Mobile Games Brings Line to BlackBerry”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-04:",
"text": "For R.I.M. to bite off just a tiny piece of that market would help it grow considerably.",
"type": "quote"
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],
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"To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner."
],
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner."
],
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"verb"
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"word": "appropriate"
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"_dis1": "0 5 95",
"sense": "acquire, especially abruptly or forcefully",
"word": "grab"
}
],
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner",
"word": "saisir"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner",
"word": "s’emparer"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈbaɪˌtɒf/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"word": "bite off more than one can chew"
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"ref": "1999, Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon:",
"text": "Then she cocked her head back, opened her mouth, and bit off the trout's top half.",
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"To bite so hard as to remove something from its source."
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"ref": "1967 July 28, “Actresses: Hayley at 21”, in Time:",
"text": "In between what she called the \"goody-good\" or \"frilly-knickers\" Hollywood films, she bit off some more demanding parts back home.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1988 December 29, Steve Lohr, “Risk Inherited at Finnish Concern”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-04:",
"text": "\"And for the next couple of years, with Nokia having bitten off so much, Vuorilehto is the right guy for the task they face.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006 January 4, Natalie Pace, “Q&A: MySpace Founders Chris DeWolfe And Tom Anderson”, in Forbes, retrieved 2011-07-04:",
"text": "We have set a plan that we believe everyone at News Corp. will bite off on.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009 October 28, “Healthcare reform: Trigger Unhappy”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2011-07-04:",
"text": "They think it's politically too much for the government to bite off right now.",
"type": "quote"
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[
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"(transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges."
],
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"text": "To thicken that buffer zone Britain joined other powers in biting off larger chunks of China."
},
{
"ref": "2007 March 26, Laurie J. Flynn, “Maker of Mobile Games Brings Line to BlackBerry”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-04:",
"text": "For R.I.M. to bite off just a tiny piece of that market would help it grow considerably.",
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],
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"To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner."
],
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"ipa": "/ˈbaɪˌtɒf/",
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},
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"sense": "accept or commit oneself to a task, etc",
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},
{
"sense": "accept or commit oneself to a task, etc",
"word": "attempt"
},
{
"sense": "accept or commit oneself to a task, etc",
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{
"sense": "accept or commit oneself to a task, etc",
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{
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{
"sense": "acquire, especially abruptly or forcefully",
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "To remove by biting",
"word": "afbyt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To remove by biting",
"word": "abbeißen"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "To remove by biting",
"word": "demordere"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility",
"word": "se dévouer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility",
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"vulgar"
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"word": "se casser le cul"
},
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"sense": "To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility",
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"word": "se décarcasser"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner",
"word": "saisir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner",
"word": "s’emparer"
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"word": "bite off"
}
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