feed (on, upon, or off)

Definition of feed (on, upon, or off)next
as in to prey (on or upon)
to seize and eat (something) as prey the flycatcher is a bird that—as its name suggests—feeds on winged insects in midair

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Verb
  • Sierra Canyon also adjusted at halftime and were quicker to the perimeter, chasing the Celts off the 3-point line.
    Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Rhodes chased him down the ramp and continued the brawl.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
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  • Villanueva had been convicted of felony stalking in September 2017 and was prohibited from possessing any firearm, according to the release.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • At the time, he was legally prohibited from possessing guns due to a prior felony stalking conviction in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2017.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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  • Day in, day out, American planes, drones, and commando teams go out and hunt terrorists across several continents.
    Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Cosmic ray detectors hunt rare antideuterons as dark matter annihilation signatures—but galactic cosmic rays smashing into interstellar gas also produce them, creating background noise.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Feed (on, upon, or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feed%20%28on%2C%20upon%2C%20or%20off%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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