take a bite out of (English, verb)
expansion: take a bite out of (third-person singular simple present takes a bite out of, present participle taking a bite out of, simple past took a bite out of, past participle taken a bite out of)
Senses:
glosses: To bite into something once for the purpose of eating.
glosses: To reduce something by removing or completing part or all of it.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: takes a bite out of
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking a bite out of
tags: participle
present
form: took a bite out of
tags: past
form: taken a bite out of
tags: participle
past