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eaten out of someone's hand

eaten out of someone's hand is the past participle 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 eaten out of someone's hand

What is eaten out of someone's hand the past participle of?
Eaten out of someone's hand is the past participle of eat out of someone's hand.

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

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

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