Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come up and bite

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: come up and bite
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be extremely obvious to (someone), to be impossible for (someone) to miss and ignore.

Colloquial

verb

To clearly expose itself to (someone).

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"These new recruits are terrible soldiers. They wouldn't know what to do with an enemy if one came up and bit them."
"You really think you can convince the committee? Come on! You wouldn't know charisma if it came up and bit you."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

comes up and bites (present, singular) coming up and biting (participle, present) came up and bit (past) come up and bitten (participle, past)

Questions

What does come up and bite mean?: To be extremely obvious to (someone), to be impossible for (someone) to miss and ignore.

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