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wait on someone hand and foot

wait on someone hand and foot verb: to attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess.

Verb

wait on someone hand and foot (third-person singular simple present waits on someone hand and foot, present participle waiting on someone hand and foot, simple past and past participle waited on someone hand and foot)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess.
    • Did you see how she waits on him hand and foot? It's not healthy.

Forms of wait on someone hand and foot

third-person singular presentwaits on someone hand and foot
present participlewaiting on someone hand and foot
past participlewaited on someone hand and foot
pastwaited on someone hand and foot

Questions about wait on someone hand and foot

What does wait on someone hand and foot mean?
Wait on someone hand and foot means to attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess.
What part of speech is wait on someone hand and foot?
Wait on someone hand and foot is a verb.
What is the past tense of wait on someone hand and foot?
The past tense of wait on someone hand and foot is waited on someone hand and foot.

Words near wait on someone hand and foot in the dictionary

  1. wait for the dust to settle
  2. wait for the other shoe to drop
  3. wait in the wings
  4. wait on
  5. wait on hand, foot and finger
  6. wait on someone hand and foot
  7. wait on someone hand, foot and finger
  8. wait on someone hand, foot, and finger
  9. wait on tables
  10. wait one's turn
  11. wait out

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