"bite back" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bites back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biting back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitten back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "2": "*",
        "3": "bit back",
        "4": "bitten back"
      },
      "expansion": "bite back (third-person singular simple present bites back, present participle biting back, simple past bit back, past participle bitten back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To retaliate."
      ],
      "id": "en-bite_back-en-verb-7t9SaDXf",
      "links": [
        [
          "retaliate",
          "retaliate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To retaliate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He bit back his anger and managed a courteous reply.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, The Who (lyrics and music), “Behind Blue Eyes”, in Who's Next",
          "text": "No one bites back as hard on their anger / None of my pain and woe / Can show through",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To repress (an emotion or a response)."
      ],
      "id": "en-bite_back-en-verb-f8dZSNy6",
      "links": [
        [
          "repress",
          "repress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To repress (an emotion or a response)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bite back"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bites back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biting back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bit back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitten back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "2": "*",
        "3": "bit back",
        "4": "bitten back"
      },
      "expansion": "bite back (third-person singular simple present bites back, present participle biting back, simple past bit back, past participle bitten back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To retaliate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retaliate",
          "retaliate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To retaliate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He bit back his anger and managed a courteous reply.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, The Who (lyrics and music), “Behind Blue Eyes”, in Who's Next",
          "text": "No one bites back as hard on their anger / None of my pain and woe / Can show through",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To repress (an emotion or a response)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "repress",
          "repress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To repress (an emotion or a response)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bite back"
}