Meanings
verbcome back to bite (third-person singular simple present comes back to bite, present participle coming back to bite, simple past came back to bite, past participle come back to bite)
present singular third person comes back to bite · participle present coming back to bite · past came back to bite
- figurativelytransitiveTo cause problems for one at a later time.
Synonyms: bite in the arse, bite in the ass, come back to bite in the ass
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo cause problems for one at a later time.
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