one bite
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- noun
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bocado
- If I could only have one bite of this cake, I want it to be rich and chocolatey.
- take one bite
- just one bite
- eat one bite
This is Keemstar after taking one bite of Euro garbage.
- This is Keemstar after taking one bite of Euro garbage.
- It's got that much frost on it, but you got one bite left.
- And the way you do that is go touch those dreams one bite at a time every couple months.
Examples
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She took one bite of the sandwich and smiled with delight.
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I had told her she had to eat one bite of her dinner or go to her room for the night.
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If I could only eat one bite, what should it be?
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Eat it in one bite and enjoy.
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My daughter took one bite, and just look at her!
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I have had only that one bite since the weekend before New.
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And all it takes is one bite to realize it.
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I made a sandwich, ate one bite, and fed the rest to the delighted dogs.
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The next day, at the family Christmas dinner, Johanna took one bite of food, but then could not choke back her tears.
Fiction book (1992) -
My four-year-old took one bite and said with a look of disgust, "THIS IS SO SO GROSS, MUM!"
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Synonyms
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A small amount of food eaten quickly
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An amount of food or drink you can put in your mouth at once
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A small piece of food taken from a larger serving
A small bite of food
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Morphology
The meaning 'a single mouthful' is directly and literally composed from 'one' (a single) + 'bite' (a small mouthful), so the phrase's sense is fully predictable from its parts. This construction is common across languages and follows normal noun-numeric composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
One bite comes from the simple image of eating: one (a single) bite (a mouthful) taken at once. So it means 'a single mouthful' or eating something all at once.