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ate out of someone's hand

ate out of someone's hand is the simple past of eat out of someone's hand.

Meaning of eat out of someone's hand

Verb

eat out of someone's hand (third-person singular simple present eats out of someone's hand, present participle eating out of someone's hand, simple past ate out of someone's hand, past participle eaten out of someone's hand)

  1. (idiomatic) To behave in a docile, submissive way towards someone.
    • "And after all this," I remarked, "I suppose you were ready to eat out of his hand." "Don't be coarse, James. I don't know where you get these vulgar expressions from."1926, Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Questions about ate out of someone's hand

What is ate out of someone's hand the simple past of?
Ate out of someone's hand is the simple past of eat out of someone's hand.

Words near ate out of someone's hand in the dictionary

  1. ate one's terms
  2. ate one's Wheaties
  3. ate one's words
  4. ate one's young
  5. ate out
  6. ate out of someone's hand
  7. ate out of the palm of someone's hand
  8. ate pussy
  9. ate shit
  10. ate someone alive
  11. ate someone for breakfast

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