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Phrase(s): bite on something
1. to chew on something; to grasp something with the teeth. • The injured cowboy bit on a leather strap while they tried to fix his dislocated shoulder. 2. to respond to a lure; to fall for something. (Can refer literally to fishing, or be used figuratively.) • Do you think the fish will bite on this? • No one would bite on that bait. Try another approach., Phrase(s): bite on someone
Sl. to copy something that someone else has done; to dress the same way someone else does. • Nobody will bite on Sally. She has terrible taste. • Jennifer is always biting on Anne, who is a careful dresser.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs