deal+out
121dish out — Synonyms and related words: accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bail, bestow, bestow on, bucket, communicate, confer, cup, deal, deal out, decant, deliver, dip, dish, dish up, dispense, dole, dole out, donate, extend, fork, fork out …
122dole out — [v] allocate, distribute administer, allot, apportion, assign, deal, deal out, dispense, disperse, divide, divvy*, give, hand out, lot, measure, mete, mete out, parcel, partition, share, share out; concepts 108,140 Ant. collect, gather, hoard,… …
123big deal — 1. n. something really important. □ Don’t make such a big deal out of it! □ This isn’t a big deal as I see it. 2. exclam. So what!; What does it matter? (Usually Big deal!) □ So he snores! Big deal! Snore back! …
124big deal — Slang. 1. an important or impressive person or thing: to make a big deal out of nothing; I hear he s a big deal on Wall Street now. 2. (used ironically as an interjection to indicate that one considers something to be unimportant or unimpressive) …
125a big deal — informal [usu. with negative] a thing considered important they don t make a big deal out of minor irritations ■ an important person Sam Kinison became a big deal ■ big deal used to express one s contempt for something regarded as impressive or… …
126dole out — Distribute, divide, apportion, allot, assign, share, deal, deal out …
127hand something out — DISTRIBUTE, hand round, give out/round, pass out/round, share out, dole out, dish out, deal out, mete out, issue, dispense; allocate, allot, apportion, disburse; circulate, disseminate. → hand * * * 1) give a share of something or one of a set of …
128dole out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. distribute, mete out, assign, parcel; see distribute 1 . See Synonym Study at distribute . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. distribute, hand out, allocate, dispense, mete, allot, parcel, divide, share. III (Roget s… …
