deal out

Idioms  

1. Distribute, as in He dealt out more and more work . [Late 1300s] Also see deal in , def. 3.

2. deal someone out . Exclude someone, as in I don't have time for this project, so deal me out . This usage is the opposite of deal in , def. 3.

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Example Sentences

“I didn’t, and he did. That’s the way life has dealt out the cards.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I was talking to Ford the other day and they were making a big deal out of keeping a human in the loop.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They know we know who they are, but you don’t make a big deal out about it,” Berkowitz said.

From Los Angeles Times

That pledge aims to keep the deal out of the jurisdiction of the U.S. government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, which must clear foreign investments in U.S. companies.

From Los Angeles Times

Vance, whose wife is Indian, claims everyone is making a big deal out of nothing.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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