Related Words for backbite

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bitch
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Noun, Verb
cast aspersions
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
bite
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Noun
put the bite on
/x//
Phrase, Verb
blackmail
/x
Noun
lash out
//
Phrase, Verb
jibe
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Noun
snark
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Noun
stab in the back
/xx/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
make fun of
///
Phrase, Verb
mouth
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Noun
bite off
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Phrase, Verb
taunt
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Noun
cheek
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Noun
bite the hand that feeds one
/x////
Phrase, Verb
drag
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Noun
spout off
/x
Phrase, Verb
spit nails
//
Phrase, Verb
affront
x/
Noun
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
shoot off at the mouth
///x/
Phrase, Verb
hit out
//
Phrase, Verb
retort
/x
Noun
slew
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Noun
mess with
//
Phrase, Verb
beat up on
///
Phrase, Verb
bluff
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Noun
rub up the wrong way
//x//
Phrase, Verb
draw blood
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Phrase, Verb
smoke
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Noun
talk back
//
Phrase, Verb
jump on
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Phrase, Verb
take revenge
/x/
Phrase, Verb
snuff
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Noun
make a face
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get back at
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Phrase, Verb
blow
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Noun
sauce
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Noun
butt
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Noun
scratch
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Noun
gloat
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Verb
rip into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
let someone have it
//x//
Phrase, Verb
mock
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Adjective
kiss up to
///
Phrase, Verb
twist the knife
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bite the dust
/x/
Phrase, Verb
talk
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Noun
mouth off
//
Phrase, Verb
put down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
hit back
//
Phrase, Verb
bench
/
Noun
mimic
/x
Noun
caricature
/xxx
Noun
chew off
//
Phrase, Verb
rake someone over the coals
//x/xx/
Phrase, Verb
blade
/
Noun
strike out
//
Phrase, Verb
suck up
/x
Phrase, Verb
sharp
/
Adjective
turn the knife in the wound
/x/xx/
Phrase, Verb
come after
//x
Phrase, Verb
backfire
/x
Noun
spit blood
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Phrase, Verb
taser
/x
Noun
whip
/
Noun
start in on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
speak with a forked tongue
//x//
Phrase, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
sfa
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Name
get
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Verb, Noun