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put the bite on sb

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  • put the bite on — (someone) American, informal to ask someone for something that you want, especially money. She put the bite on her sister for $20. (often + for) …   New idioms dictionary

  • put the bite on — phrasal see put the bee on * * * put the bite on To extort money from • • • Main Entry: ↑bite * * * informal borrow or extort money from Origin: 1930s: bite in the slang sense ‘cadging’ …   Useful english dictionary

  • put the bite on — {v. phr.}, {slang} To ask (for money, favors, etc.) * /John put the bite on his friend for several tickets to the dance./ * /Willie Mays put the bite on the Giants for a large raise./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put the bite on — {v. phr.}, {slang} To ask (for money, favors, etc.) * /John put the bite on his friend for several tickets to the dance./ * /Willie Mays put the bite on the Giants for a large raise./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put\ the\ bite\ on — v. phr. slang To ask (for money, favors, etc.) John put the bite on his friend for several tickets to the dance. Willie Mays put the bite on the Giants for a large raise …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put the bite on — (smb) ask for money or favors He is always trying to put the bite on his friends to collect money for charity …   Idioms and examples

  • put the bite on someone — put the bite on (someone) American, informal to ask someone for something that you want, especially money. She put the bite on her sister for $20. (often + for) …   New idioms dictionary

  • put the bite on N. Amer. & Austral./NZ — informal borrow or extort money from. [1930s (orig. US): bite, from the sl. sense deception .] → bite …   English new terms dictionary

  • put the bite on someone — tv. to try to get oney out of someone. □ Youre always putting the bite on me for a few bucks. Go away. □ Don’t put the bite on me. I’m broker than you are …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • put the bite on — phrasal see put the arm on …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • put the bite on — vb to pressurise someone, especially for a loan or repayment of money owed, or as part of a campaign of intimidation. This expression seems to have originated in North American usage early in the 20th century …   Contemporary slang

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