spoon-feed
/ˈspuːnfiːd
/verb [with object]
1Feed with a spoon: he is spoon-feeding the chimpanzee as one might feed a baby...
- When I visit Ally at lunchtime, does she drag me into a dark corner and cower with me while I spoon-feed her yogurt and offer her a baby bottle?
- We ate quietly and quickly, Stella spoon-feeding Jay who only protested lightly, causing me to roll my eyes at him.
- He proceeded to spoon-feed Glen the bowl of soup.
1.1Provide (someone) with so much help or information that they do not need to think for themselves: certain students enjoy finding out things for themselves; others prefer being spoon-fed...
- I am not here to spoon-feed you and nor are you the kind of people who should be spoon-fed.
- But the show clumsily spoon-feeds us its insights.
- But this week it means intelligent, not letting anyone or anything spoon-feed you.
- force something down
- force something on/upon
- force the bidding
- force the issue
- force the pace
- forcible
- forcibly
- forcing
- forcing house
- for crying out loud
- ford
- fordable
- for dear life
- for dear (or one's) life
- Ford, Ford Madox
- Ford, Gerald
- Fordham
- Ford, Harrison
- Ford, Henry
- Fordism
- Fordist
- Ford, John
- fordless
- fordo
- Ford, Tennessee Ernie