bite someone's head off

idiom

informal
: to yell at someone or to be very critical of someone especially very suddenly and without a good reason
I asked him one simple question and he bit my head off.

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“Bite someone's head off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bite%20someone%27s%20head%20off. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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