feed (something) to (someone or an animal)
feed (something) to (someone or an animal)
1. Literally, to give food to someone or an animal. Don't worry, I already fed dinner to the kids. Have you fed dry food to the cat today?
2. To tell to someone something that is untrue. If you keep feeding Mom and Dad lies, they're gonna be furious when they inevitably find out the truth.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
feed something to (someone or an animal)
to give someone or an animal food. Don't feed pizza to the baby. I fed the leftover turkey to the dog.
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feed something to someone
Fig. to tell someone lies. Don't try to feed that nonsense to me! I know it isn't so. Please don't feed any of those lies to Mark.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- feed to
- feed with
- feed (someone or an animal) with (something)
- fed up
- fed up (with someone or something)
- McD’s
- McD's
- McDuck’s
- McDuck's
- Mickey D’s