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eating out of someone's hand

eating out of someone's hand is the present participle and gerund 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 eating out of someone's hand

What is eating out of someone's hand the present participle and gerund of?
Eating out of someone's hand is the present participle and gerund of eat out of someone's hand.

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

  1. eating one's terms
  2. eating one's Wheaties
  3. eating one's words
  4. eating one's young
  5. eating out
  6. eating out of someone's hand
  7. eating out of the palm of someone's hand
  8. eating psychopathologies
  9. eating psychopathology
  10. eating pussy
  11. eating shit

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