bite back

Verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To retaliate.

(transitive) To repress (an emotion or a response).
He bit back his anger and managed a courteous reply.

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Examples

The snake will always bite back. Jake Roberts

We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally. Bernie Taupin

Any dog, you put him in the corner, no matter if they're vicious or not, they're going to bite back. Mike James

But Iget afraid. It's just that fear makes me sort of... angry and resentful, and I bite back at it. It's hard to describe." It isn't hard to describe, you idiot," Aud said. "It's called courage. Jonathan Stroud

When a dog bites you, do not bite back. Thai Proverb

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