bite someone's head off

bite someone's head off
bite someone's head off
To speak to someone unnecessarily angrily
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Main Entry:bite

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bite someone’s head off informal phrase
to react angrily or rudely to someone when they think you have no reason for doing this

There’s no need to bite my head off. I was just asking a simple question.

Thesaurus: to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym
Main entry: bite

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I
see head
II bite (or snap) someone's head off
reply sharply and brusquely to someone

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bite someone's head off
informal : to yell at someone or to be very critical of someone especially very suddenly and without a good reason

I asked him one simple question and he bit my head off.

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Main Entry:bite
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bite someone's head off — see bite, 1
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Main Entry:head

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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