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bit someone's head off

bit someone's head off is the simple past of bite someone's head off.

Meaning of bite someone's head off

Verb

bite someone's head off (third-person singular simple present bites someone's head off, present participle biting someone's head off, simple past bit someone's head off, past participle bitten someone's head off)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To severely berate someone.

Questions about bit someone's head off

What is bit someone's head off the simple past of?
Bit someone's head off is the simple past of bite someone's head off.

Words near bit someone's head off in the dictionary

  1. bit shifting
  2. bit shifts
  3. bit slice
  4. bit slices
  5. bit someone's hand off
  6. bit someone's head off
  7. bit stream
  8. bit string
  9. bit strings
  10. bit stuffing
  11. bit the big one

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