feed off
Definition of feed off
: to gain strength, energy, or support from (something) She fed off the crowd's enthusiasm. His anger fed off his jealousy. We are able to feed off each other's ideas.
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: to give food to
: to give as food
: to furnish something essential to the development, sustenance, maintenance, or operation of
: an act of eating
: meal
: a large meal
: from a place or position
: away from land
: at a distance in space or time
: used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union
: to seaward of
: from the possession or charge of
: seaward
: right
: more removed or distant
: to go away : depart
: kill, murder
: office; officer; official
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