dole out

Verb

Meaning

administer or bestow, as in small portions

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dish out mete out deal lot distribute administer dispense allot shell out parcel out deal out dole lade hand provide
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Antonyms

group focus join collect combine gather
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Hypernyms

give

Hyponyms

give deal apply portion assign allot

Examples

Never give us what we really want. Cut the dream into pieces and scatter them like ashes. Dole out the empty promises. Package our aspirations and sell them to us, cheaply made enough to fall apart. Scott Westerfeld

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love. Christie Brinkley

Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from all over the world. Greg Iles

Aside from being bad sportsmanship - Romney basically said Obama won by cheating - he was displaying the same obtuseness about the wants and needs of ordinary people that did more to torpedo his campaign than any goodies Obama might have had to dole out. John Podhoretz

Life can very genuinely and realistically pile things on. It doesn't dole out the heartache and pain, or joy, perfectly. Tig Notaro

administer critical remarks to everyone present Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dole meadow dole merchant dole office dole queue dolebludger doled out