Idiom
bite the big one
Meaning
To perform poorly; to fail.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My old car finally bit the big one today.”
“The team worked hard for months, but their project bit the big one during the final presentation.”
“Despite the massive investment and years of research, the ambitious startup ultimately bit the big one when its main product failed to launch.”
Examples
simple
“My old car finally bit the big one today.”
contextual
“The team worked hard for months, but their project bit the big one during the final presentation.”
complex
“Despite the massive investment and years of research, the ambitious startup ultimately bit the big one when its main product failed to launch.”
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