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- verb Present participle of
spoon-feed .
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Examples
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I'm not asking for an obvious explanation and denouement, in fact, I like when a film doesn't treat me like an idiot and allows me to make the obvious connections without spoon-feeding me.
Movie Thoughts xany 2010
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Lastly, ever-so-proud of his brand new technology, Terence Clark comes onto the stage, boasting about how advanced his technology is, but the travel press didn't hesitate on expressing its skepticism on spoon-feeding travellers.
Rooksana Hossenally: Will Video Replace Online Editorial Travel Content? Rooksana Hossenally 2012
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But at eighty years old, Sendak had no interest in spoon-feeding platitudes to the press.
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Eschewing modern games' propensity for spoon-feeding you everything you need to know, Ocarina Of Time instead gives you a set of tools then lets you figure the rest out for yourself.
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Because he doesn't believe in spoon-feeding grown ups.
Lisa Solod Warren: What the Rally for Sanity and Obama Have in Common and It's Not Politics Lisa Solod Warren 2010
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Time to quit pandering to the 3D gimmick that Hollywood is spoon-feeding you, bloggers. geoff
Five Reasons Why You Should Go See How To Train Your Dragon THIS WEEKEND | /Film 2010
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Hence Hodder's attempt to update the language of the Famous Five: a spoon-feeding bowdlerisation that underestimates both the intelligence of children and the importance of historical accuracy.
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If those two self-important blowhards Limbaugh and Beck are the most influential conservatives in the country, Democrats can rest easy knowing that Republicans are happily swallowing whatever pablum these two oafs are spoon-feeding the righties who don't want to actually think for themselves.
Poll: Limbaugh most influential conservative, say Americans 2009
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But here is a guess: instead of sticking to your own logic and applying it consistently to the actual facts of the situation, you will now abandon that logic because it no longer fits the narratives the right wing echo chamber has been spoon-feeding you.
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Because he doesn't believe in spoon-feeding grown ups.
Lisa Solod Warren: What the Rally for Sanity and Obama Have in Common and It's Not Politics Lisa Solod Warren 2010
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