Meaning Of The Word Spoon-feed

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Spoon-feed Meaning

Spoon-feed Definition
Spoon-feed Definition

What's The Definition Of Spoon-feed?

spoon-feed
If you think that someone is being given too much help with something and is not making enough effort themselves, you can say they are being spoon-fed.

spoon-feed in American English
to feed with a spoon
transitive verb: to cause to be spoon-fed

spoon-feed in British English
verb: to feed with a spoon

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