put the bite on

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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, put

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DAVID BECKHAM is ready to put the bite on Austria tomorrow after having a nibble at team-mate Alan Smith in training yesterday. Football: Becks is back & he's hungry for success . . ENGLAND ON ... by The Mirror (London, England) JIM VICKERS aims to put the bite on high-flying Newcastle Vipers tonight as Edinburgh Capitals go all out to stave off the ice hockey Elite League's wooden spoon. Jim out to put bite on Vipers by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) The hungry Jaws from Oz put the bite on the day trippers when they sailed into his seal- hunting ground. ..be very very afraid by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			put out feelers put out of put out of mind put out of misery put out of the way put out to pasture put over knee put over the top put own house in order put paid to put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put right put roots down put shirt on put shoulder to the wheel put some creature out of its misery put some distance between put some teeth into put teeth into Put that in your pipe and smoke it! put the arm on put the bite on put the blame on put the boot in put the brakes on put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the chill on put the clamps on put the clock back put the fear of God in put the fear of God into put the feed bag on put the finger on Put the flags out! put the frighteners on put the heat on put the kibosh on put the knife in put the lid on put the make on put the mockers on put the pedal to the metal put the record straight put the roses in cheeks put the screws on put the seal on			put something under pressure put something up for auction put something up for sale Put spread Put spreads put stick in two penn'orth put store by put store by put store by put store by put store on put store on put store on put store on put straight put straight Put String Put swaption Put Swaptions put teeth in put teeth in something put teeth into put that in pipe and smoke it put that in pipe and smoke it put that in pipe and smoke it put that in pipe and smoke it Put that in your pipe and smoke it Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Put That Stuff on Paper put the arm on put the bite on put the blame on put the blame on put the boot put the boot put the boot put the boot put the boot put the boot in put the brakes on put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the cat among the pigeons put the cat among the pigeons put the cat among the pigeons put the chill on put the clamps on put the clock back put the clocks back put the clocks back put the clocks back put the clocks back put the clocks forward put the clocks forward put the clocks forward put the clocks forward put the fear of God put the fear of God put the fear of God put the fear of God put the fear of God in

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