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care and feeding

care and feeding noun: maintenance and sustenance (of something, organic or otherwise).

Noun

care and feeding (uncountable)

  1. maintenance and sustenance (of something, organic or otherwise)

Questions about care and feeding

What does care and feeding mean?
Care and feeding means maintenance and sustenance (of something, organic or otherwise).
What part of speech is care and feeding?
Care and feeding is a noun.

Words near care and feeding in the dictionary

  1. care a pin
  2. care a rat's arse
  3. care a rat's ass
  4. care a whit
  5. care and attention
  6. care and feeding
  7. care bear
  8. care bears
  9. care factor
  10. care factor zero
  11. care factors

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