put the bite on

English

Verb

put the bite on (third-person singular simple present puts the bite on, present participle putting the bite on, simple past and past participle put the bite on)

  1. (slang) To extort; to demand money from.
    • 2012, Péter Tarjányi, Rita Dosek, The Balkan's Angels II: Diabolical Bond:
      The thought that he should turn the tables on his blackmailers and refuse to cooperate crossed his mind, but he would need something tangible to put the bite on them.
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