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Idiom

bite the curb

Meaning

To be curb stomped.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The gang forced him to bite the curb.”

“The scene in the movie became incredibly violent when the villain forced the hero to bite the curb.”

“In a display of absolute brutality, the assailant ordered his victim to bite the curb before delivering a final, devastating blow.”

Examples

simple

“The gang forced him to bite the curb.”

contextual

“The scene in the movie became incredibly violent when the villain forced the hero to bite the curb.”

complex

“In a display of absolute brutality, the assailant ordered his victim to bite the curb before delivering a final, devastating blow.”

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