sink one's teeth into
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Verb
sink one's teeth into (third-person singular simple present sinks one's teeth into, present participle sinking one's teeth into, simple past sank one's teeth into, past participle sunk one's teeth into)
- To bite; to bite into.
- 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- She yanked her head over her shoulder and, taking her cue from the rat in the laboratory, she sank her teeth into Burt’s arm as hard as she could.
- (colloquial, figurative, by extension) To become enthusiastically involved in.
- He can't wait to sink his teeth into the new project.
- 2012, Gavin McInnes, The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 88:
- He seemed happy living life in cruise control, which pissed me off. “Don't you want to really sink your teeth into something?” I asked.
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