PHRASALVERBS
mete sth<->out (to sb) (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
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is mete a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, mete is tagged as verb.
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