come back to bite sb
Definition
› If something will come back to bite you, it will become a bigger problem in the future because you have not dealt with it: If I don't do something now, the issue might come back to bite me.Making people sad, shocked and upsetCausing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset
(Definition of come back to bite sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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come away phrasal verb
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come back down to earth idiom
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come back from the dead idiom
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come back phrasal verb (FASHION)
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come back phrasal verb (RETURN)
- come back to bite sb idiom
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come back to sb phrasal verb
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come back/home to roost idiom
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come before sth/sb phrasal verb (COURT)
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come before sth/sb phrasal verb (IMPORTANCE)
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come between sb phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- alarm verb
- alarming adjective
- catch up with sb phrasal verb (CAUSE PROBLEMS)
- come back/home to roost idiom
- concerning adjective
- disconcert verb
- disturb verb (WORRY)
- dread verb
- flap verb (BEHAVE NERVOUSLY)
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw verb (FEEL WORRIED)
- harass verb
- haunt verb (REPEATEDLY TROUBLE)
- stressful adjective
- tense adjective (NERVOUS)
- troubling adjective
- unnerve verb
- unsettling adjective (WORRYING)
- weigh on sb/sth phrasal verb
Topic:
Causing anxiety and worry
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