measure out
Britishverb
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to pour or dole out
they measure out a pint of fluid
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to administer; mete out
they measured out harsh punishments
Example Sentences
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He had to hurry, Lifshitz said, and measure out five new plots before the hostages got home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
Now is also a good time to measure out your essential oils into an extra measuring cup, for ease of adding them later.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2022
And then I read the recipe one more time and measure out the ingredients.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
Instead of wide-open runs, it invites travelers to measure out the landscape in hours, days or weeks spent on skis.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
Sometimes the light quanta seemed to measure out at three or four meters long; sometimes they appeared to be “just a little bundle of energy,” Beams recalled.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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