put the bite on

verb

put the bite on

verb

1

Slang To extort; to demand money from.

The thought that he should turn the tables on his blackmailers and refuse to cooperate crossed his mind, but he would need something tangible to put the bite on them.2012, Péter Tarjányi, Rita Dosek, The Balkan's Angels II: Diabolical Bond:

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