bite

/baɪt/ verb (past tense bit, past participle bitten)

Definition

TEETH [I, T] › to cut something using your teeth: She bit into an apple. He bites his fingernails. He was bitten by a dog.

BAD EFFECT [I] › to begin to have a bad effect: Higher mortgage rates are beginning to bite. → See also bite the bullet → See also bite the dust

(Definition of bite verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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