to mete out punishment to sb
11mete — [mi:t] v mete out [mete sth<=>out] phr v [: Old English; Origin: metan to measure ] if you mete out a punishment, you give it to someone mete something<=>out to ▪ He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children …
12mete — [ mit ] verb ,mete out phrasal verb transitive FORMAL to give a punishment to someone: The same treatment should be meted out to politicians who break the rules …
13mete — ► VERB (mete out) ▪ deal out or allot (justice, punishment, etc.). ORIGIN Old English, measure; related to MEET(Cf. ↑meet) …
14punishment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cruel, harsh, heavy, severe ▪ unusual ▪ the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment ▪ appropriate …
15mete — , meet The first means to allot; the second means suitable. One metes out punishment, but a fitting punishment is meet …
16mete, meet — The first means to allot; the second means suitable. One metes out punishment, but a fitting punishment is meet …
17mete, meet — The first means to allot; the second means suitable. One metes out punishment, but a fitting punishment is meet …
18mete something out (to somebody) — ˌmete sthˈout (to sb) derived (formal) to give sb a punishment; to make sb suffer bad treatment • Severe penalties were meted out by the court. • the violence meted out to the prisoners Main entry: ↑ …
19mete — mete1 [mi:t] verb 1》 (mete something out) dispense or allot justice, punishment, etc. 2》 (in biblical use) measure out. Origin OE metan measure , of Gmc origin; related to meet2. mete2 [mi:t] noun historical …
20mete — verb mete sth out phrasal verb (T) formal to give someone a punishment: Judges are meting out increasingly harsh sentences for car theft …
