to react angrily, especially when sb has criticized or harmed you; to stop yourself from saying sth or from showing your feelings
bite back (at sb / sth)
to react angrily, especially when sb has criticized or harmed you
bite sth back
to stop yourself from saying sth or from showing your feelings
She bit back her anger.
Definiciones del Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9.ª edición