- feed someone a line
- give someone a line & feed someone a lineto lead someone on; to deceive someone with false talk. •
Don't pay any attention to John. He gives everybody a line.
•He's always feeding us a line.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
feed someone a line
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feed someone a line — informal phrase to give someone false information Thesaurus: to tell lies and deceive peoplesynonym Main entry: feed * * * feed (someone) a line informal : to tell ( … Useful english dictionary
feed someone a line — feed (someone) a line informal to tell someone something which may not be completely true, often as an excuse. She fed me a line about not having budgeted for pay increases this year … New idioms dictionary
feed someone a line — If you feed someone a line, you tell them something that may not be quite true, often as an excuse. When I asked for a pay increase, the boss fed me a line about the number of contracts that had not been renewed … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
feed someone a line — informal to give someone false information … English dictionary
feed a line — feed (someone) a line informal : to tell (someone) a story or an explanation that is not true He fed me a line about how he was late because his car broke down. • • • Main Entry: ↑feed … Useful english dictionary
feed a line — feed (someone) a line informal to tell someone something which may not be completely true, often as an excuse. She fed me a line about not having budgeted for pay increases this year … New idioms dictionary
feed — feed1 [ fid ] (past tense and past participle fed [ fed ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 give food to ▸ 2 give supply of something ▸ 3 push something into machine ▸ 4 make a feeling stronger ▸ 5 satisfy a need ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to give food to a person … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
feed — I UK [fiːd] / US [fɪd] verb Word forms feed : present tense I/you/we/they feed he/she/it feeds present participle feeding past tense fed UK [fed] / US past participle fed *** 1) [transitive] to give food to a person or an animal We ve been… … English dictionary
feed — feed1 W2S1 [fi:d] v past tense and past participle fed [fed] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give food)¦ 2¦(plant)¦ 3¦(animal/baby)¦ 4 well fed/under fed/poorly fed 5¦(computer)¦ 6¦(supply something)¦ 7¦(put something into something)¦ 8¦(increase emotion)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
feed — 1 /fi:d/ past tense and past participle fed /fed/ verb 1 GIVE FOOD (T) a) to give food to a person or animal: Have you fed the cat? | He s so old and ill he can t feed himself any more. | feed sth to sb: Feed the food to the baby in small pieces … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
line — 1. n. a story or argument; a story intended to seduce someone. (See also lines.) □ I’ve heard that line before. □ Don’t feed me that line. Do you think I was born yesterday? 2. n. a dose of finely cut cocaine arranged in a line, ready for… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
