come back to bite

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come back to bite (third-person singular simple present comes back to bite, present participle coming back to bite, simple past came back to bite, past participle come back to bite)

  1. (transitive, figuratively) To cause problems for one at a later time. Said especially of situations that illustrate the irony of human folly because the damage caused by aggression or negligence ultimately also harms the instigator's own interests.
    Synonyms: bite in the arse, bite in the ass, come back to bite in the ass

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