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take a bite

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

Verb

take a bite (third-person singular simple present takes a bite, present participle taking a bite, simple past took a bite, past participle taken a bite)

  1. (idiomatic) To eat a quick, light snack.
  2. (idiomatic) Try something out, give it a shot.
    • Attracted by their Hollies-like harmonies and Sgt. Pepper styling, EMI took a bite and ushered the guys into the Abbey Road studios in London.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 322

Forms of take a bite

third-person singular presenttakes a bite
present participletaking a bite
pasttook a bite
past participletaken a bite

Questions about take a bite

What does take a bite mean?
Take a bite means to eat a quick, light snack.
What part of speech is take a bite?
Take a bite is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a bite?
The past tense of take a bite is took a bite.

Words near take a bite in the dictionary

  1. take a back seat
  2. take a bath
  3. take a bead on
  4. take a beat
  5. take a Bex
  6. take a bite
  7. take a bite out of
  8. take a bow
  9. take a break
  10. take a breath
  11. take a breather

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