"eat from the palm of someone's hand" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: eats from the palm of someone's hand [present, singular, third-person], eating from the palm of someone's hand [participle, present], ate from the palm of someone's hand [past], eaten from the palm of someone's hand [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> from the palm of someone's hand}} eat from the palm of someone's hand (third-person singular simple present eats from the palm of someone's hand, present participle eating from the palm of someone's hand, simple past ate from the palm of someone's hand, past participle eaten from the palm of someone's hand)
  1. Alternative form of eat out of the palm of someone's hand. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: eat out of the palm of someone's hand
    Sense id: en-eat_from_the_palm_of_someone's_hand-en-verb-OOHhs3xl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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