bite the biscuit
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To undertake an unpleasant task or to acknowledge an unfavorable situation or responsibility; bite the bullet.
Example Sentences
- "David Scott . . . admits he "nearly bit the biscuit," during a 1985 trip to Kluane National Park in the Yukon. Scott was crossing a chest-deep river with a racing current, when he slipped. The near-freezing water whisked him away."
- "Trained assassins shoot people in the head, and that should be a relatively painless way to bite the biscuit."
- "Weibe, who fought the effects of allergy medicine and a winless streak since the Hardee's Golf Classic (1986), had to bite the biscuit and settle for second place."
- "Sometimes owners need to bite the biscuit and call in professional help in order to solve a nasty canine behavioral problem."