champing at the bit
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or chomping at the bit
: waiting in an impatient way to do something
We've all been champing at the bit to get started on the project.
The team was chomping at the bit for their chance to play the defending champions.
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By the time Cregger was going out with his follow-up, Weapons, Hollywood was champing at the bit.
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
And was anyone champing at the bit for the return of problematic-at-best CeeLo Green?
7 | Is anyone left on The Snake still falling for Kethryn’s ploys?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 July 2025
What if WhatsApp had sold to Google, which was champing at the bit to add the messaging app to its own portfolio?
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
But Brown is champing at the bit for what’s to come.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
And was anyone champing at the bit for the return of problematic-at-best CeeLo Green?
7 | Is anyone left on The Snake still falling for Kethryn’s ploys?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 July 2025
What if WhatsApp had sold to Google, which was champing at the bit to add the messaging app to its own portfolio?
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
But Brown is champing at the bit for what’s to come.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for champing at the bit
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“Champing at the bit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/champing%20at%20the%20bit. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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