wait on someone hand and foot

verb

To attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess.

“Did you see how she waits on him hand and foot? It's not healthy.”

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Meanings

verbwait on someone hand and foot (third-person singular simple present waits on someone hand and foot, present participle waiting on someone hand and foot, simple past and past participle waited on someone hand and foot)

present singular third person waits on someone hand and foot · participle present waiting on someone hand and foot · participle past waited on someone hand and foot · past waited on someone hand and foot

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess.

    Did you see how she waits on him hand and foot? It's not healthy.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 當帝王一般地侍候 /当帝王一般地侍候
  • 當帝王一般地侍候 /当帝王一般地侍候 (dāng dìwáng yībān de shìhòu)attend to someone's every need
Finnish hemmotella pilalle
  • hemmotella pilalleattend to someone's every need
French être aux petits soins
  • être aux petits soinsattend to someone's every need
Italian servire e riverire
  • servire e riverireattend to someone's every need
Polish być gotowym na każde skinienie
  • być gotowym na każde skinienieattend to someone's every need
Portuguese servir de corpo e alma, fazer todas as vontades de
  • servir de corpo e almaattend to someone's every need
  • fazer todas as vontades deattend to someone's every need
Russian выполня́ть любу́ю при́хоть
  • выполня́ть любу́ю при́хоть (vypolnjátʹ ljubúju príxotʹ)attend to someone's every need
Spanish bailarle el agua, deshacerse en atenciones
  • bailarle el aguaattend to someone's every need
  • deshacerse en atencionesattend to someone's every need
Cite this entry
APA

wait on someone hand and foot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wait%20on%20someone%20hand%20and%20foot

MLA

“wait on someone hand and foot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wait%20on%20someone%20hand%20and%20foot. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wait on someone hand and foot,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wait%20on%20someone%20hand%20and%20foot.

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