put the bite on

Example Sentences

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When he still came up short, it became clear there was no other option: He would have to put the bite on Mom.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2014

McDonald's Corp. spent years looking for a suitable location from which to put the bite on summer visitors to Martha's Vineyard.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dark Shadows has put the bite on a rapidly-rising audience that now aver ages 15 million viewers a week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of the advertisers TV put the bite on had already been severely bitten by Ueberroth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now he felt slightly relieved, for he had expected Mack to put the bite on him.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck