If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone. ( WRITTEN )
...a failure to deal out effective punishment to aggressors.
= mete out
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) to n
If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone. ( WRITTEN )
...a failure to deal out effective punishment to aggressors.
= mete out
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) to n
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006