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bit the curb

bit the curb is the simple past of bite the curb.

Meaning of bite the curb

Verb

bite the curb (third-person singular simple present bites the curb, present participle biting the curb, simple past bit the curb, past participle bitten the curb)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To be curb stomped.
    • Watch out those crazy skinheads! They made someone bite the curb the other night.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bite, the, curb.
    • Having someone bite the curb and kicking him in the back of the head is a painful way to kill someone. Often, as in the movie American History X, it is used as punishment for insubordinate blacks.2013 November 12, Shehu Sani, Hatred for Black People, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 348

Questions about bit the curb

What is bit the curb the simple past of?
Bit the curb is the simple past of bite the curb.

Words near bit the curb in the dictionary

  1. bit strings
  2. bit stuffing
  3. bit the big one
  4. bit the biscuit
  5. bit the bullet
  6. bit the curb
  7. bit the dust
  8. bit the hand that fed one
  9. bit time
  10. bit times
  11. bit-bucket

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