bite someone's head off

verb

To severely berate someone.

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snap someone's head offtake someone's head off
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Meanings

verbbite someone's head off (third-person singular simple present bites someone's head off, present participle biting someone's head off, simple past bit someone's head off, past participle bitten someone's head off)

present singular third person bites someone's head off · participle present biting someone's head off · past bit someone's head off · participle past bitten someone's head off

  1. idiomaticinformalTo severely berate someone.

    Synonyms: snap someone's head off, take someone's head off

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo severely berate someone.

Similar
snap someone's head offtake someone's head off
Also see
snap someone's head off

Translations

German jmdn. den Kopf abreißen
  • jmdn. den Kopf abreißento severely berate someone
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