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take a bite (third-person singular simple present takes a bite, present participle taking a bite, simple past took a bite, past participle taken a bite)

  1. (idiomatic) To eat a quick, light snack.
  2. (idiomatic) Try something out, give it a shot.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 322:
      Attracted by their Hollies-like harmonies and Sgt. Pepper styling, EMI took a bite and ushered the guys into the Abbey Road studios in London.
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