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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? You fed puréed squash to the baby? And she actually ate it?

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. Mike fed that poor girl some line about her beauty that we've all heard out of him a million times. Gross. How exactly did Mom's vase get broken? Don't feed me a story, I'm not gonna tell on you.

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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.

See also: feed, to

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.

See also: feed, to

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