spoon-feed

verb [T] (PROVIDE INFORMATION) /ˈspunˌfid/ (past tense and past participle spoon-fed /ˈspunˌfed/)

Definition

› to give someone so much help or information that the person has no opportunity to act or think independently: I was being spoon-fed friendly audiences that wouldn’t give me trouble.

(Definition of spoon-feed verb (PROVIDE INFORMATION) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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