Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eat from the palm of someone's hand

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: eat from the -palm of -some-one's -hand
IPA

49

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of eat out of the palm of someone's hand.

Example Sentences

"He'd decided at the last minute to put the man to work, and as a result, Harrison had stolen the show. The audience was eating from the palm of his hand, and he knew it."
"Naptea and Lenny believed they had Ras Michael under their control and eating from the palm of their hands."
"With some skill, any woman can make a man eat from the palm of her hand."

Inflected Forms

eats from the palm of someone's hand (present, singular) eating from the palm of someone's hand (participle, present) ate from the palm of someone's hand (past) eaten from the palm of someone's hand (participle, past)

Questions

What does eat from the palm of someone's hand mean?: Alternative form of eat out of the palm of someone's hand.

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