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Mete out   /mit aʊt/   Listen
Mete out

verb
1.
Administer or bestow, as in small portions.  Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, parcel out, shell out.  "Dole out some money" , "Shell out pocket money for the children" , "Deal a blow to someone" , "The machine dispenses soft drinks"






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"Mete out" Quotes from Famous Books



... justice to mete out punishment in any individual case, for probably the same degree of guilt does not attach to two men in the violation of ...
— Quotes and Images From The Works of Charles Dudley Warner • Charles Dudley Warner

... town was afire. And then, behold, it was only little me, trembling like a leaf and crying like a ninny! I remember I was scolded and smacked and dismissed into outer darkness (it was the chip vault, I think), for that first outbreak of fame, and now, lest you should want to mete out the same punishment to ...
— The Christian - A Story • Hall Caine

... Lutha shall come into his own some day, and my dearest hope is that his first act may be to mete out to such as ...
— The Mad King • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... townships on the banks. On one of these journeys she felt for the first time that death was at her side. A dispute had arisen between Okoyong and Umon, and the Umon people, strong in the belief that she would mete out justice even against her own tribe, begged her to come and decide the quarrel. It was a long day's journey for the best walkers, "but," said she, "if they can do it in a day, so can I." A well-manned ...
— Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary • W. P. Livingstone



Words linked to "Mete out" :   give, reallot, assign, portion, apply



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