"That bites the big one!" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Nope.

JL

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > > HDAS has "bite" only from 1971, "bite the big one" from 1977.  No
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> What about "chew the root"?
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