wait on someone hand and foot

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wait on someone hand and foot (third-person singular simple present waits on someone hand and foot, present participle waiting on someone hand and foot, simple past and past participle waited on someone hand and foot)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess.

   Did you see how she waits on him hand and foot? It's not healthy.

• See Thesaurus:serve

• fetch and carry