bitten off
Removed by teeth
Bitten off is the past participle of bite off—to sever something with the teeth: The child had bitten off more cookie than she could chew.
The phrase appears most often in the idiom bite off more than you can chew, meaning to take on more than you can handle.
Someone who has bitten off a big project has committed to it, for better or worse.
- gnawedChewed persistently
- chewedCrushed with teeth
- nibbledAte in small bites
- chewed upDamaged by gnawing
- overreachExceed one's capacity
misjudge · overextend · in over head · chomped · mouthed · truncate · sever · overwhelm · curtail · snap · crunch · rip · tear · molar · abandon · incisor · masticate · jawbone
attachment status
bitten offattached
Joined to another thing
connected · joined · intact · still attached · whole