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came up and bit

came up and bit is the simple past of come up and bite.

Meaning of come up and bite

Verb

come up and bite (third-person singular simple present comes up and bites, present participle coming up and biting, simple past came up and bit, past participle come up and bitten)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To be extremely obvious to (someone), to be impossible for (someone) to miss and ignore.
    • These new recruits are terrible soldiers. They wouldn't know what to do with an enemy if one came up and bit them.
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic) To clearly expose itself to (someone).
    • You really think you can convince the committee? Come on! You wouldn't know charisma if it came up and bit you.

Questions about came up and bit

What is came up and bit the simple past of?
Came up and bit is the simple past of come up and bite.

Words near came up and bit in the dictionary

  1. came true
  2. came under
  3. came unhinged
  4. came up
  5. came up against
  6. came up and bit
  7. came up from behind
  8. came up roses
  9. came up short
  10. came up snake eyes
  11. came up to

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