"come back to bite" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "comes back to bite",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming back to bite",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came back to bite",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come back to bite",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "come<,,came,come> back to bite",
        "head": "come back to bite"
      },
      "expansion": "come back to bite (third-person singular simple present comes back to bite, present participle coming back to bite, simple past came back to bite, past participle come back to bite)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause problems for one at a later time. Said especially of situations that illustrate the irony of human folly because the damage caused by aggression or negligence ultimately also harms the instigator's own interests."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_back_to_bite-en-verb-dNHGcT7V",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To cause problems for one at a later time. Said especially of situations that illustrate the irony of human folly because the damage caused by aggression or negligence ultimately also harms the instigator's own interests."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "come back to haunt"
        },
        {
          "word": "come home to roost"
        },
        {
          "word": "what goes around comes around"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bite in the arse"
        },
        {
          "word": "bite in the ass"
        },
        {
          "word": "come back to bite in the ass"
        },
        {
          "word": "come back to haunt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "come back to bite"
}

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    {
      "form": "comes back to bite",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming back to bite",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came back to bite",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come back to bite",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "come<,,came,come> back to bite",
        "head": "come back to bite"
      },
      "expansion": "come back to bite (third-person singular simple present comes back to bite, present participle coming back to bite, simple past came back to bite, past participle come back to bite)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "come back to haunt"
    },
    {
      "word": "come home to roost"
    },
    {
      "word": "what goes around comes around"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause problems for one at a later time. Said especially of situations that illustrate the irony of human folly because the damage caused by aggression or negligence ultimately also harms the instigator's own interests."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To cause problems for one at a later time. Said especially of situations that illustrate the irony of human folly because the damage caused by aggression or negligence ultimately also harms the instigator's own interests."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bite in the arse"
        },
        {
          "word": "bite in the ass"
        },
        {
          "word": "come back to bite in the ass"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "come back to haunt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come back to bite"
}