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dealing a hand

dealing a hand is the present participle and gerund of deal a hand.

Meaning of deal a hand

Verb

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

  1. To distribute a hand of cards at random to a player.
  2. (idiomatic) To assign circumstances in life to someone.
    • Yeah, this Caucasian country was dealt a very poor geographic hand.

Questions about dealing a hand

What is dealing a hand the present participle and gerund of?
Dealing a hand is the present participle and gerund of deal a hand.

Words near dealing a hand in the dictionary

  1. dealigns
  2. dealin'
  3. dealing
  4. dealing a bad hand
  5. dealing a good hand
  6. dealing a hand
  7. dealing in
  8. dealing it out
  9. dealing out
  10. dealing to
  11. dealing with

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