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Antonyms for deal out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : deel
Phonetic Transcription : dil



Definition of deal out

Origin :
  • Old English dælan "to divide, distribute, separate, share, bestow, dispense," from the source of deal (n.). Meaning "to distribute cards before a game" is from 1520s. To deal with "handle" is attested from mid-15c. Related: Dealt; dealing.
  • As in inflict : verb impose something
  • As in divvy : verb distribute
  • As in dispense : verb dole out supply
  • As in distribute : verb allocate, deliver, spread
  • As in divide : verb distribute
  • As in dole out : verb allocate, distribute
  • As in hand out : verb give to others
Example sentences :
  • And I pray that he may be quick and sure to deal out judgment and retribution.
  • Extract from : « Sally of Missouri » by R. E. Young
  • Yet so it is; such is the unequal measure, if I may be allowed the expression, which we deal out to God, and to each other.
  • Extract from : « A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. » by William Wilberforce
  • When you deal out the cards to play, how can you tell who is to rise up winner?
  • Extract from : « Katerfelto » by G. J. Whyte-Melville
  • Deal out the cards in like manner a third time, proceeding as before.
  • Extract from : « Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do » by Anonymous
  • Her plan had been to deal out generalities, leaving her own skirts free.
  • Extract from : « The Vision of Elijah Berl » by Frank Lewis Nason
  • That womans all for this here religion they say you are going to deal out to the boys.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Canyon Pass » by Thomas K. Holmes
  • Will you deal out to us life or death, you whose fathers were as our fathers?
  • Extract from : « Golden Stories » by Various
  • You do not then deal out to each bit of work its stingy bit of your attention.
  • Extract from : « Modern American Prose Selections » by Various
  • Do you know that I am the one who is going to deal out the suffering?
  • Extract from : « Wolf Breed » by Jackson Gregory
  • The store we know is the township vortex where all assemble to "swap stories" and deal out the news.
  • Extract from : « The Lincoln Story Book » by Henry L. Williams

Synonyms for deal out

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