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be spoon-fed

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be spoon-fed
to be given too much help or information. When I was at school we weren't spoon-fed, we had to work things out for ourselves.

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Here, we are talking about recognizing significant "clues" in a musical score and not having to be spoon-fed and guided time after time.
I couldn't exercise or think straight and, sometimes, I had to be spoon-fed since my jaw wouldn't open
Children may be spoon-fed between 4 and 6 years of age because they were slow eaters or because parents wanted to demonstrate special attention toward them.
 
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