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Idiom: Chomp At The Bit

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chomp at the bit 

Meanings

Non-standard variant of champ at the bit, recasting it as chomp (“to chew noisily”) + bit (“part of a horse's harness held in its mouth”); horses tend to chew on their bits when impatient at waiting.

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To show impatience or frustration when delayed.

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