put the bite on someone
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
AMERICAN, INFORMALIf you put the bite on someone, you ask them for something, especially money. If you talk to them, they'll put the bite on you for a cigarette and bus fare.
See also: bite, on, put, someone
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
put the bite on someone
tv. to try to get money out of someone. You’re always putting the bite on me for a few bucks. Go away.
See also: bite, on, put, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- put the bite on
- put the bite on (one)
- 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)
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- have on hands