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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