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bitten the curb

bitten the curb is the past participle 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 bitten the curb

What is bitten the curb the past participle of?
Bitten the curb is the past participle of bite the curb.

Words near bitten the curb in the dictionary

  1. bitten someone's hand off
  2. bitten someone's head off
  3. bitten the big one
  4. bitten the biscuit
  5. bitten the bullet
  6. bitten the curb
  7. bitten the dust
  8. bitten the hand that fed one
  9. Bittenbender
  10. Bittenbenders
  11. Bittenbinder

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