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eat from the palm of someone's hand

eat from the palm of someone's hand is the alternative form of eat out of the palm of someone's hand.

Meaning of eat out of the palm of someone's hand

Verb

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

  1. To obey, cooperate with, or believe with no resistance or hesitation; to be completely charmed by.
    • And there I worked with children because I had been a school teacher and children ate out of the palm of my hand.1977, Mary L. Gottesfeld, Mary Evans Pharis, Profiles in Social Work, page 60
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, out of, palm, hand.
    • The interpreter said, "He says, 'give him salt'." They gave him a five-cent box of Morton's salt which he ate out of the palm of his hand.1980, George H. Gay, Sole survivor: the Battle of Midway and its effects on his life, page 155

Forms of eat from the palm of someone's hand

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

Questions about eat from the palm of someone's hand

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

Words near eat from the palm of someone's hand in the dictionary

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

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