Usually means: Administer or distribute a punishment.
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  1. mete out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mete out: Merriam-Webster
  3. mete out: Vocabulary.com
  4. mete out: Wiktionary
  5. mete out: Dictionary.com
  6. mete out: Rhymezone
  7. mete out: FreeDictionary.org
  8. mete out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. mete out: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mete out: Legal dictionary

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  1. mete out: Encyclopedia

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verb:  (transitive) To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out.

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