bite someone's head off
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Meaning · English
To respond to someone angrily or aggressively
Literally: to bite the head off someone
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The silly idiot is going to shout some sort of stupid abuse at her and she'll bite his head off!
‘ Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't meant to bite your head off.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “bite someone's head off” mean?
To respond to someone angrily or aggressively Literally: to bite the head off someone
Is “bite someone's head off” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.