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bites the curb

bites the curb is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is bites the curb the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bites the curb is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bite the curb.

Words near bites the curb in the dictionary

  1. bites someone's hand off
  2. bites someone's head off
  3. bites the big one
  4. bites the biscuit
  5. bites the bullet
  6. bites the curb
  7. bites the dust
  8. bites the hand that feeds one
  9. bitesful
  10. bitesheep
  11. bitesheeps

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