feed off

verb

To consume as part of a diet.

“It seems like her boss feeds off her unhappiness.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person feeds off · participle present feeding off · participle past fed off · past fed off

  1. transitiveTo consume as part of a diet.
  2. idiomatictransitiveTo get stimulus from (an external object).

    It seems like her boss feeds off her unhappiness.

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