"comes back to bite" meaning in English

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Verb

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  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come back to bite Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: come back to bite
    Sense id: en-comes_back_to_bite-en-verb-JtzQfLQM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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