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eats out of someone's hand

eats out of someone's hand is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 eats out of someone's hand

What is eats out of someone's hand the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Eats out of someone's hand is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat out of someone's hand.

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

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

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