bite through
Frequency: 5.93.4 per million words
To bite so as to break or cut something.
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Examples (10)
- The dog had bitten right through its rope.
- A rat bit through the electrical wire, causing a power outage.
- I could barely bite through the stale bread roll.
- He had to bite through the plastic tie to open the new headphones.
- Its jaws are strong enough to bite through bone.
- A beaver can bite through a small tree trunk in minutes.
- With a surge of adrenaline, he bit through the zip tie restraining his hands.
- Why did you bite through the top of the juice carton?
- The pliers weren't working, so she desperately tried biting through the thin wire.
- The thick leather strap was eventually bitten through by the trapped wolf.