back bite

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Definition of back bite in English English dictionary

backbite
To attack from behind or when out of earshot
backbite
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter
backbite
To speak badly of an absent individual
bite back
(deyim) 1. [TRANSITIVE] bite back something to stop yourself from saying what you think.2. [INTRANSITIVE] to react angrily to someone who has done or said something unpleasant to you

1. Paul bit back an angry reply. 2. It was his instinct to bite back.

backbite
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone
backbite
say mean things
backbite
To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent)
backbite
To censure or revile the absent
backbite
{f} slander one who is not present, gossip, disparage, libel
back bite
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