Food & eating
have a bite to eat
eat a small meal
To eat something, usually a snack or light meal.
Hear it in real life
Are you hungry?
A little. Shall we have a bite to eat?
Let's have a bite to eat before the film starts.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Let's have a bite for eat before we leave.
Say: Let's have a bite to eat before we leave.
The fixed phrase is "a bite to eat," not "a bite for eat."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
have a bite to eat; have had a bite to eat
Your turn: say it out loud
Let's have a bite to eat before the film starts.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
have a bite to eat
eat a small meal
“Let's have a bite to eat before the film starts.”
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