bite
verb (used with object)
to cut, wound, or tear with the teeth.
will bite
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future tenseof bite.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“That’s where the interest-rate hike will bite first.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
He encouraged Rogers to come up with a better line of attack than his identity, because he doesn’t think his Michigan voters will bite.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
“It will bite eventually, because you can’t just keep on borrowing money endlessly.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
"If you obsess so much on youth that will bite you on the bum, unfortunately."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
When the wind's in the east The fish will bite least.
From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Thomas Preston
