spoon-feed
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to feed with a spoon
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to overindulge or spoil
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to provide (a person) with ready-made opinions, judgments, etc, depriving him of original thought or action
Etymology
Origin of spoon-feed
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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He was not going to spoon-feed that to us.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023
“There’s such pressure to spoon-feed information in the streamer world because there’s a terror that if someone in the audience is slightly confused, they will quit watching,” says Somerville.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022
"I wanted someone to spoon-feed me information in a format that was easy."
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2021
The show’s smartest decision, other than Byrne’s casting, may be its tendency to evoke rather than spoon-feed.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021
Better let them go to hell in their own way than attempt to spoon-feed them.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
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