put the bite on N. Amer. & Austral./NZ
informal
borrow or extort money from. [1930s (orig. US): bite , from the sl. sense 'deception'.]
→ bite
put the bite on N. Amer. & Austral./NZ
informal
borrow or extort money from. [1930s (orig. US): bite , from the sl. sense 'deception'.]
→ bite
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004