Do everything for someone, serve someone's every need, as in Her mother has always waited on her hand and foot. [First half of 1300s]
wait on hand and foot
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Mentioned in
- wait (Idiom)
- Her Houseboy, Coco: Mad About You (TV Episode) (1997 Comedy TV Episode)
- Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse (1964 Film)
- Mother Jefferson's Fall: The Jeffersons (TV Episode) (1975 Comedy TV Episode)
- Bunny: Little House on the Prairie (TV Episode) (1976 Drama TV Episode)
- Whiplash, Whiplash: Petticoat Junction (TV Episode) (1970 Comedy TV Episode)
- Impo-Dent: Married... With Children (TV Episode) (1988 Comedy TV Episode)
- Working for Peanuts (1953 Film)
- foot (Idiom)
- The Ann Who Came to Dinner: Frasier (TV Episode) (2004 Comedy TV Episode)
- Coltrane vs. Duke: The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Episode) (1981 Action TV Episode)
- Corky of Gasoline Alley (1951 Comedy Film)
- As Simple As That (2008 Drama Film)
- Drew's In a Coma: The Drew Carey Show (TV Episode) (2001 Comedy TV Episode)
