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chafe at the bit

chafe at the bit verb: synonym of champ at the bit.

Verb

chafe at the bit (third-person singular simple present chafes at the bit, present participle chafing at the bit, simple past and past participle chafed at the bit)

  1. Synonym of champ at the bit.

Synonyms of chafe at the bit

Forms of chafe at the bit

third-person singular presentchafes at the bit
present participlechafing at the bit
past participlechafed at the bit
pastchafed at the bit

Questions about chafe at the bit

What does chafe at the bit mean?
Chafe at the bit means synonym of champ at the bit.
What part of speech is chafe at the bit?
Chafe at the bit is a verb.
What is the past tense of chafe at the bit?
The past tense of chafe at the bit is chafed at the bit.

Words near chafe at the bit in the dictionary

  1. chaetothyrialean
  2. chaetothyrialeans
  3. chaetoviridin
  4. chafage
  5. chafe
  6. chafe at the bit
  7. chafed
  8. chafed at the bit
  9. chafen
  10. chafened
  11. chafening

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