bite back
Phrasal verbto react angrily, especially when sb has criticized or harmed you; to stop yourself from saying sth or from showing your feelings
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Meaning
- 1
bite back (at sb / sth)
to react angrily, especially when sb has criticized or harmed you
- 2
bite sth back
to stop yourself from saying sth or from showing your feelings
She bit back her anger.
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Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9th edition
Coco, you bite him back.
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