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feed off

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feed off (of) something
to eat something in particular customarily. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) This creature feeds off fallen fruit. Mosquitoes seem to want to feed off of me!
See also: feed


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People get into the 'mob' mentality and feed off each others bad behaviors in an unsafe setting when they might not otherwise.
He owns five commercial properties within nearly a block's radius and agrees with the prevailing idea that the residential and commercial markets synergistically will feed off of one another.
A side project, Polders, begun in 2000, has the goal of occupying space in order to feed off it as a parasite.
 
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