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                           Phrase(s): put the bite on someone [and] put the touch on someone Sl. to try to get money from someone.  •  Tom put the bite on me for ten dollars.  •  Bill put the touch on me, but I told him to forget about it.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs