put the bite on

put the bite on (one)

To ask or pressure someone for a loan or donation of money. Jane's good-for-nothing brother is always comes skulking around our place every couple of weeks to put the bite on us for a few bucks. The alumni association of my old university puts the bite on me once or twice a year looking for a donation.

put the bite on someone

and put the touch on someone

Sl. to try to get money from someone. Tom put the bite on me for ten dollars. Bill put the touch on me, but I told him to forget about it.

put the bite on

blackmail; extort money from. North American & Australian informal

1955 Ray Lawler Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Your money's runnin' out you know you can't put the bite on me any more.

词组	put the bite on
释义	put the bite on put the bite on (one) To ask or pressure someone for a loan or donation of money. Jane's good-for-nothing brother is always comes skulking around our place every couple of weeks to put the bite on us for a few bucks. The alumni association of my old university puts the bite on me once or twice a year looking for a donation. See also: bite, on, put Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. put the bite on someone and put the touch on someone Sl. to try to get money from someone. Tom put the bite on me for ten dollars. Bill put the touch on me, but I told him to forget about it. See also: bite, on, put McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. put the bite on blackmail; extort money from. North American & Australian informal 1955 Ray Lawler Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Your money's runnin' out you know you can't put the bite on me any more. See also: bite, on, put Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: put the bite on (one) put the bite on someone put the touch on (one) put the arm on put the arm on (one) put the arm on someone put the arm/bite on somebody put the bee on (someone) no-count have (someone or something) on (one's) hands
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