bite

verb (SNAKE/INSECT)

/baɪt/ (bit, bitten)

Definition

› If an insect or snake bites you, it injures you by making a small hole in your skin: An insect bit me on the arm.

(Definition of bite verb (SNAKE/INSECT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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