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be champing/chomping at the bit
(redirected from chomping)

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be champing/chomping at the bit
to be very keen to start an activity or to go somewhere. By the time he arrived to pick us up we were champing at the bit with impatience. I'm not sure if he's ready for extra responsibility yet, but he's chafing at the bit.
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