If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone. (WRITTEN)
...a failure to ~ 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 ~ effective punishment to aggressors.
= mete out
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) to n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012