bite

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

Translation

TEETH [I, T] › to cut something using your teeth

ısırmak

She bit into an apple. He bites his fingernails. He was bitten by a dog.447848

BAD EFFECT [I] › to begin to have a bad effect

etkisini göstermeye başlamak, kötü etkisi ortaya çıkmak

Higher mortgage rates are beginning to bite. → See also bite the bullet → See also bite the dust1973

come back to bite you › If a problem will come back to bite you, it will causes more trouble for you in the future if you do not solve it now.

bir problemi küçükken çözmek, ileride çok daha fazla dert açmasını önlemek

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

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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