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eat from someone's hand

eat from someone's hand is the alternative form 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

Forms of eat from someone's hand

third-person singular presenteats from someone's hand
present participleeating from someone's hand
pastate from someone's hand
past participleeaten from someone's hand

Questions about eat from someone's hand

What is eat from someone's hand the alternative form of?
Eat from someone's hand is the alternative form of eat out of someone's hand.

Words near eat from someone's hand in the dictionary

  1. eat crow
  2. eat cunt
  3. eat dirt
  4. eat down
  5. eat for two
  6. eat from someone's hand
  7. eat from the palm of someone's hand
  8. eat humble pie
  9. eat in
  10. eat into
  11. eat it

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