snack off

snack off (of) (something)

1. To eat small amounts of food displayed or provided on some surface. The grocery store fired the employee after it was discovered that he had been snacking off the shelves. My kids are such fussy eaters that I usually snack off of their plates to avoid wasting food.
2. To eat small amounts of something as a snack. I love watching the birds and squirrels come up to the feeder throughout the day to snack off of seeds. I've been snacking off that roast ham all day, so I'm not terribly hungry.
See also: off, snack

snack on (something)

To eat small amounts of something as a snack. I love watching the birds and squirrels come up to the feeder throughout the day to snack on seeds. I've been snacking on that roast ham all day, so I'm not terribly hungry.
See also: on, snack
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

snack off (of) something

to eat food, bit by bit, in little snacks. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Please don't snack off the turkey so we can get another meal out of it. Who has been snacking off of last night's roast beef?
See also: off, snack
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • snack off (of) (something)
  • the cupboard is bare
  • cupboard
  • cupboard is bare
  • cupboard is bare, the
  • what for
  • what for?
  • make a meal (out) of (something)
  • make a meal of something
  • make a meal of/out of something
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