When the credit crunch started to bite, many smaller firms were forced out of business.
»Sales will slow as interest rates begin to bite.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
start/begin to bite — ► to start to have a bad effect on something: »When the credit crunch started to bite, many smaller firms were forced out of business. »Sales will slow as interest rates begin to bite. Main Entry: ↑bite … Financial and business terms
bite — [baɪt] noun [countable] COMPUTING another spelling of byte * * * Ⅰ. bite UK US /baɪt/ verb [I] ● start/begin to bite Cf. start/begin to bite … Financial and business terms
bite — [[t]ba͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ bites, biting, bit, bitten 1) VERB If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. [V n] Both… … English dictionary
bite — 1. verb 1) Syn: chew, sink one s teeth into, munch, crunch, champ 2) my boots failed to bite Syn: grip, hold, get a purchase 3) the measures begin to bite Syn … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
bite off more than you can chew — begin more tasks than you can complete When I took the night class, I bit off more than I could chew … English idioms
Bite Club — Infobox comic book title title = Bite Club caption = Cover to issue #1 of Bite Club (June 2004). Art by Frank Quitely. schedule = Monthly limited=y publisher = Vertigo date = Bite Club : June November 2004 Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit : June… … Wikipedia
bite — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of biting/amount of food VERB + BITE ▪ have, swallow, take PREPOSITION ▪ between bites ▪ She tried to talk between bi … Collocations dictionary
bite the bullet — endure in a difficult situation, face a difficult situation bravely I have decided to bite the bullet and begin studying for my Master s degree … Idioms and examples
start to bite — start/begin to bite ► to start to have a bad effect on something: »When the credit crunch started to bite, many smaller firms were forced out of business. »Sales will slow as interest rates begin to bite. Main Entry: ↑bite … Financial and business terms
Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers — WP:DNB redirects here. For the WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography, see WP:WP DNB. Archives # 22 Feb 2003 31 Dec 2006 See also the Wikimedia essay, Always help out users … Wikipedia
