spoon-feed
verb (used with object)
to cause to be spoon-fed.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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For two years I had spoon-fed him, held his hand, whispered in his ear that I loved him.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2015