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.
begin 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
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
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
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