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chomping at the bit

alt. (present participle of chomp at the bit English) vb. (present participle of chomp at the bit English)

Usage examples of "chomping at the bit".

By tomorrow she'll be chomping at the bit wondering what you're doing in Paris.

Those guys must be chomping at the bit to get to the Med just so they can spread out.

Hes been chomping at the bit to get to work and I still need the skull for verification.

But like Ben's Rebels in the mountains, they were chomping at the bit for a good fight.

Markham's chomping at the bit to be let loose on this thing, and Dakani's inclined to promote him and give him some powers.

God, I was itching to do it, chomping at the bit, salivating like all of Pavlov's dogs rolled into one.

After all, Kit had stood up for him in the station manager's office high above Commons floor, when Security Chief Mike Benson had been chomping at the bit to toss him into the nearest jail cell—.

After all, Kit had stood up for him in the station manager's office high above Commons floor, when Security Chief Mike Benson had been chomping at the bit to toss him into the nearest jail cell—.