Emotions & feelings
feed off someone's energy
gain energy from others
To feed off someone's energy is to gain enthusiasm or strength from the mood and excitement they create.
Hear it in real life
How do you stay energetic on stage?
I feed off the audience's energy.
Good teachers feed off their students' enthusiasm and make the lesson more lively.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The band fed out of the crowd's energy.
Say: The band fed off the crowd's energy.
The fixed expression uses "feed off," not "feed out of," before someone's energy.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
feed off someone's energy; fed off the crowd's energy; be feeding off their energy
Your turn: say it out loud
Good teachers feed off their students' enthusiasm and make the lesson more lively.
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feed off someone's energy
gain energy from others
“Good teachers feed off their students' enthusiasm and make the lesson more lively.”
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