mete out

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to distribute or administer something, especially a punishment

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   mete something out / mete out something / mete something out to someone

   Usage: The penalty or treatment is the direct object: mete out punishment, mete it out. Its recipient follows to.

   The judge was expected to mete out a sentence after the hearing.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The judge was expected to mete out a sentence after the hearing.

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