DEAL (SOMETHING) OUT


Meaning of DEAL (SOMETHING) OUT in English

deal something ↔ out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ deal )

1 . to give playing cards to each of the players in a game:

I began dealing out the cards.

2 . to decide what kind of punishment someone will get

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.