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bite someone's hand off en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To enthusiastically accept an offer.
    • Early next morning, before Stephen left for town, Juan called us again with his final offer. We bit his hand off. 2011 March 11, Jackie Todd, Dog Days in Andalucía: Tails from Spain, Random House, →ISBN, page 35:
    • I tried to look cool but I bit his hand off and verbally accepted the provisional offer. 2014 July 2, Shelley Bridgman, Stand-up for Yourself, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:
    • Whilst Michael did not refuse her offer, he did not exactly bite her hand off either but, as Charley later admitted to herself, he was a very busy man. 2015 January 19, BB Occleshaw, The Whiskerly Sisters, Grosvenor House Publishing, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bitten someone's hand off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bites someone's hand off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
biting someone's hand off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bit someone's hand off Tense=Past lexicographic