feed up
feed up
To feed a person or animal, especially with the aim of increasing their or its weight to a healthy or desirable level. A noun or pronoun can be used between "feed" and "up." My grandma was always feeding us up whenever we came over to visit, saying that we looked like skin and bones to her. You'll want to feed up your young snake with plenty of healthy mice.
See also: feed, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*fed up (to some degree) (with someone or something)
bored or disgusted with someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; become ~.) I am fed up to my eyeballs with your complaining. I am just fed up to here!
See also: fed, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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