Meaning of bite the curb | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be curb stomped.
   colloquial, idiomatic
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bite, the, curb.

Examples

“Watch out those crazy skinheads! They made someone bite the curb the other night.”

“Having someone bite the curb and kicking him in the back of the head is a painful way to kill someone. Often, as in the movie American History X, it is used as punishment for insubordinate blacks.”

“If the horse be in the bad habit of taking the arms of the curb-bit between his teeth (bite the curb), a small strap (lip-strap) may be placed between the arms and through the extra ring on the curb-chain.”

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