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mete sth out
mete sth out FORMAL — phrasal verb with mete /miːt/ verb (PRESENT TENSE meting, PAST TENSE AND PAST PARTICIPLE meted) ↑Verb Endings for mete out
► F0 to give or order a punishment or make someone receive cruel or unfair treatment: » Victorian schoolteachers regularly meted out physical punishment to their pupils.Thesaurus+: ↑Treating people or animals badly , ↑Insults and abuse , ↑Unkind, cruel and unfeeling , ↑Violent or aggressive |