Usually means: Ask for money or favors.
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  1. put the bite on: Merriam-Webster
  2. put the bite on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. put the bite on: Wiktionary
  4. put the bite on: Dictionary.com

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  1. put the bite on: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (put the bite on)

verb:  (slang) To extort; to demand money from.

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