ankle biter
Britishnoun
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Orange County expects to release its “ankle biter fighters,” as Brannon called them, in Mission Viejo this fall or next spring.
From Los Angeles Times
The aerospace titans initially see him as a nuisance, an “ankle biter,” but he persists and eventually wins multibillion-dollar contracts to ship supplies to the International Space Station.
From Washington Post
But SpaceX was derided as an “ankle biter” by its competitors, and the lawsuit went nowhere.
From Washington Post
Not when Cimber called her an “ankle biter.”
From Washington Post
He’s an ankle biter and a tackler.
From Washington Times
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