Meaning of I'll bite | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Indicating that one doubts that a question is being asked in seriousness or good faith, but is willing to respond in earnest.
   colloquial
2. Indicating that one is willing to engage with a potentially difficult or inconvenient situation.
   colloquial
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I'll, bite.

Examples

“—Why did the chicken cross the road? —OK, I'll bite⟳. Why did it cross the road?”

“Are there security concerns we haven't thought of? What if someone, I don't know⟳, puts a bomb someplace, hops on a plane and detonates it remotely? ¶ Sounds like⟳ you've been watching a few too many action movies. Okay, I'll bite⟳.”

“Who is trying to nab Tommy? What is his mom's power?! ¶ All right, fine. I'll bite⟳.”

“OK, I'll bite⟳: political correctness may not be perfect, but isn't its aim to empower and protect⟳? "It's taken too far, though. Death by committee, trying to slam your dictates into another person's face⟳. That's not healthy."”

“This isn't usually my type⟳ of movie, but I'll bite⟳.”

“To the Editor of The New York Times: Referring to your "Topics of The Times" leading off with "Science in the Saddle," I can only believe⟳ such an article was printed for the sole purpose of drawing fire. I'll bite⟳ and I hope⟳ others more competent than I am have⟳ deluged you with rebuttals of absurd statements made therein.”

“Designers made their games really hard because their games were really short, and they had to encourage⟳ you to play⟳ them over and over. […] But okay. I'll bite⟳. Let's try⟳ a game with NES-era difficulty. So I go back into the Amazon. This time I'm a lot better.”

“As a recovery advocate and blogger, I get⟳ a lot of requests from authors who want⟳ me to read⟳ and write⟳ about their books. Most of the time, I decline⟳. But every once in a while, if the book seems interesting enough, I'll bite⟳. This is one of those times I'm glad I did.”

“"Please⟳ RT if you want⟳ to help⟳ make⟳ Ohio teen @weezerafrica's simple, wholesome dream⟳ come⟳ true of seeing rock band @Weezer cover⟳ Africa by Toto," he tweeted. Luke is an occasional Noisey writer, and is very adept at wandering into the dark rooms of the internet and causing trouble⟳ in them. So my interest⟳ was piqued. "OK, I'll bite⟳," I thought, and gave Luke's tweet the one true currency left in our capitalist hell world: my Click.”

“I suspect⟳ fruity language is lavishly used on building sites and in 10 Downing Street, but not so much in middle-ranking jobs. Iain Duncan Smith once told a Treasury mandarin on the phone "If you ever speak⟳ to my officials like⟳ that again I'll bite⟳ your balls off and send⟳ them to you in a box."”

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