drip feed

/dɹˈɪp fˈiːd/

[noun] [verb]

Drip feed

[NOUN]

the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time

to drip feed

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to provide something in small, gradual amounts or at a slow pace, often over an extended period of time

Examples

1. So you're drip feeding your reader, because you want them to constantly turn the page.

2. This is like drip feeding little bits of attention, drip feeding, bits of love, drip feeding bits of companionship to make that person feed for more.

3. But they still drip fed as these things over a period of four years For some reason Mario 3 was announced for a Virtual Console released in August 2013, and it came out in April 2014