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deal out

deal out verb: not to deal cards to someone who is leaving a game.

Verb

deal out (third-person singular simple present deals out, present participle dealing out, simple past and past participle dealt out)

  1. (transitive) not to deal cards to someone who is leaving a game.
    • Deal me out of this round: I have to make a phone call.
  2. To dole out or distribute (something).

Forms of deal out

third-person singular presentdeals out
present participledealing out
past participledealt out
pastdealt out

Questions about deal out

What does deal out mean?
Deal out means not to deal cards to someone who is leaving a game.
What part of speech is deal out?
Deal out is a verb.
What is the past tense of deal out?
The past tense of deal out is dealt out.

Words near deal out in the dictionary

  1. deal it out
  2. deal killer
  3. deal killers
  4. deal memo
  5. deal memos
  6. deal out
  7. deal to
  8. deal tree
  9. deal trees
  10. deal with
  11. deal with the devil

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