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biting the curb

biting the curb is the present participle and gerund 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 biting the curb

What is biting the curb the present participle and gerund of?
Biting the curb is the present participle and gerund of bite the curb.

Words near biting the curb in the dictionary

  1. biting someone's head off
  2. biting stonecrop
  3. biting the big one
  4. biting the biscuit
  5. biting the bullet
  6. biting the curb
  7. biting the dust
  8. biting the hand that feeds one
  9. bitingly
  10. bitingness
  11. bitings

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