feed off

English

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Verb

feed off (third-person singular simple present feeds off, present participle feeding off, simple past and past participle fed off)

1. (transitive, of an animal) To consume as part of a diet.
2. (transitive, idiomatic) To get stimulus from (an external object).

   It seems like her boss feeds off her unhappiness.

Anagrams

• feoffed