"take a bite" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "taking a bite",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "took a bite",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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      "word": "take a bite out of"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "have a bite"
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      "glosses": [
        "To eat a quick, light snack."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_a_bite-en-verb-wQdx-X2Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ],
        [
          "snack",
          "snack"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To eat a quick, light snack."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 322",
          "text": "Attracted by their Hollies-like harmonies and Sgt. Pepper styling, EMI took a bite and ushered the guys into the Abbey Road studios in London.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Try something out, give it a shot."
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        "(idiomatic) Try something out, give it a shot."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take a bite"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes a bite",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a bite",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a bite",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a bite",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "word": "take a bite out of"
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    {
      "word": "have a bite"
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  ],
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        "To eat a quick, light snack."
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          "eat",
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        [
          "snack",
          "snack"
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        "(idiomatic) To eat a quick, light snack."
      ],
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Try something out, give it a shot."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Try something out, give it a shot."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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