bite down

== English == === Verb === bite down (third-person singular simple present bites down, present participle biting down, simple past bit down, past participle bitten down) (intransitive) To bite (something) very hard and usually for a purpose (like to hold it in one's mouth). (intransitive) To clench with one's teeth. (figurative, transitive) To repress or bite back an (emotion, impulse or reaction).