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Bite the biscuit

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To die. slang

    "David Scott . . . admits he "nearly bit the biscuit," during a 1985 trip to Kluane National Park in the Yukon. Scott was crossing a chest-deep river with a racing current, when he slipped. The near-freezing water whisked him away."

  2. 2
    To undertake an unpleasant task or to acknowledge an unfavorable situation or responsibility; bite the bullet. idiomatic

    "Weibe, who fought the effects of allergy medicine and a winless streak since the Hardee's Golf Classic (1986), had to bite the biscuit and settle for second place."

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