feed off/onsomething
phrasal verbwithfeedverbuk/fiːd/us/fiːd/past tensefed|past participlefed
toincreasebecause of something, or to use something tosucceedor getadvantages:
Fascismfeedsoffpoverty.
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- avail
- availyourselfofsomething
- be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
- exhaust
- gobblesomethingup
- make capital out ofsomethingidiom
- max
- max out
- mine a rich seam ofsomethingidiom
- spare
- spent
- swallow
- tap
- turn over
- turn tosomeone/something
- turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
- unblock
- underuse