dole out

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dole something out

(to someone ) to distribute something to someone. The cook doled the oatmeal out to each camper who held out a bowl. Please dole out the candy bars, one to a customer. She doled it out fairly.

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Such assistance as I have prevailed upon her to accept, I have been obliged, at her own earnest request, to dole out in the smallest portions, lest he, finding how easily money was procured, should squander it even more lightly than he is accustomed to do. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context He has long had money (not overmuch as I make out) in trust to dole out to her when she can't do without it. Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context			dock from doctor Doctor Livingstone, I presume? doctor up doctor's orders dodder along dodo doe does doesn doesn't bother me any doesn't hurt to ask. and never hurts to ask doesn't matter to me dog dog and pony show dog ate my homework Dog does not eat dog dog eat dog dog-tired doghouse doing doing okay doing okay? doldrums dole dole out dollar dollar for dollar dollar signs in eyes dollars to donuts dollars-and-cents dolled up don don't amount to a bucket of spit don't ask don't ask me don't believe I've had the pleasure don't bet on it don't bother me none Don't bother me! don't care if I do Don't count chickens Don't cry before you are hurt don't cut no ice Don't even go there Don't even look like Don't even think about it Don't get mad, get even don't get me wrong don't get up Don't get your bowels in an uproar!			Dolci, Danilo Dolciani Mathematics Learning Center Dolcino Dolcino DOLD DOLD DolD-Mikhailik, Iurii DolD-Mikhailik, Iurii Petrovich Doldrum Doldrum doldrums doldrums doldrums dole dole dole dole dole Dôle Dôle Dôle Dole Athlétique Club Dole beer Dole bludger Dole bread Dole Food Company Dole meadow dole money Dole North Carolina Victory Committee, Inc. dole office dole out dole out again Dole pony Dole pony trotter Dole, Bob Dole, Elizabeth Dole, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Nathan Haskell Dole, Robert Dole, Robert Joseph Dole, Sanford Dole, Sanford Ballard Dole, Sanford Ballard doled doled doled doled doled out doleful doleful dolefully dolefully dolefulness dolefulness Doleing Day Doleman Black Heritage Musuem Dolene Dolent Dolente Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart dolerite

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