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eat out of someone's hand
eat out of someone's hand
eat out of someone's hand
Be manipulated or dominated by another, be submissive, as in
He had the press eating out of his hand
. This metaphoric expression alludes to a tame animal eating out of one's hand. [Early 1900s]
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eat
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hand
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of
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out
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Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Gavriilu
-
Old Church Slavic
Haroon
-
Urdu
Nere
-
Basque
Menuha
-
Hebrew
Marie
ma-REE
(French)
, mah-REE
(German)
French, Czech, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Lucianus
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Ancient Roman
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