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came back to bite

came back to bite is the simple past of come back to bite.

Meaning of come back to bite

Verb

come back to bite (third-person singular simple present comes back to bite, present participle coming back to bite, simple past came back to bite, past participle come back to bite)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To cause problems for one at a later time.
    Synonyms:
    bite in the arse, bite in the ass, come back to bite in the ass

Questions about came back to bite

What is came back to bite the simple past of?
Came back to bite is the simple past of come back to bite.

Words near came back to bite in the dictionary

  1. came at a cost
  2. came away
  3. came away empty
  4. came back
  5. came back from the dead
  6. came back to bite
  7. came back to haunt
  8. came before
  9. came between
  10. came by
  11. came calling

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