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have a bite

have a bite verb: to eat a quick, light snack.

Verb

have a bite (third-person singular simple present has a bite, present participle having a bite, simple past and past participle had a bite)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To eat a quick, light snack.

Forms of have a bite

third-person singular presenthas a bite
present participlehaving a bite
past participlehad a bite
pasthad a bite

Questions about have a bite

What does have a bite mean?
Have a bite means to eat a quick, light snack.
What part of speech is have a bite?
Have a bite is a verb.
What is the past tense of have a bite?
The past tense of have a bite is had a bite.

Words near have a bite in the dictionary

  1. have
  2. have a bad time of it
  3. have a ball
  4. have a bar of it
  5. have a bird
  6. have a bite
  7. have a blessed one
  8. have a bone in one's leg
  9. have a bone to pick
  10. have a brick in one's hat
  11. have a bun in the oven

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