bitten by the same bug

phrase

Having the same enthusiasm or motivation.

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Meanings

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  1. informalHaving the same enthusiasm or motivation.

    Maybe he had just been bitten by the same bug that infects Jack the Ripper fans and devotees of other horrendous but unsolved crimes.

    2001, James Jessen Badal, In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland's Torso Murders
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    By refusing to acknowledge the painful reality that most Americans had been bitten by the same bug that afflicted Roosevelt, Lodge, and Beveridge, the anti-imperialists were letting the people off the hook and in their own way preserving the American sense of innocence.

    1984, Stuart Creighton Miller, "Benevolent Assimilation": The American Conquest of the Philippines, page 253

    The subject area of the book is in rapid, if not turbulent, change. It is surprising how many of our colleagues have been bitten by the same bug. New ideas, perspectives, approaches, and projects arise everywhere.

    2000, N. G. Roling, M. A. E. Wagemakers, Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture, page xxv
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APA

bitten by the same bug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitten%20by%20the%20same%20bug

MLA

“bitten by the same bug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitten%20by%20the%20same%20bug. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bitten by the same bug,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitten%20by%20the%20same%20bug.

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