spoon-feed
[ spoon-feed, -feed ]
verb (used with object),spoon-fed, spoon-feed·ing.
to cause to be spoon-fed.
Origin of spoon-feed
1First recorded in 1605–15
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British Dictionary definitions for spoon-feed
spoon-feed
verb-feeds, -feeding or -fed (tr)
to feed with a spoon
to overindulge or spoil
to provide (a person) with ready-made opinions, judgments, etc, depriving him of original thought or action
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