hand and foot

Served with attentiveness

To wait on someone hand and foot is to attend to their every need, serving them so completely that even their hands and feet are cared for: She waited on him hand and foot while he recovered from surgery.

The phrase often carries a note of complaint or resentment about excessive servitude.

Related

tied up · bound and gagged · rummy · palm · fetter · body parts · team play · toes · meld · pamper · attend · chain · ball and chain · carte blanche · extremities · two of a kind · deadwood · servitude

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Opposites
completeness of service/effort

hand and foothalf-heartedly

With little genuine effort

halfheartedly · perfunctorily · minimally · grudgingly · reluctantly

degree of attentiveness

hand and footneglectfully

With disregard for duty

negligently · inattentively · carelessly · dismissively · absentmindedly

manner of service/attention

hand and footneglectfully

With disregard for duty

inattentively · dismissively · coldly · distantly · apathetically

Family

hand, foot, handle, hands, footing, handled, handling, handed, handles

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G