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mete out

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mete out something
to give or order a punishment. The jail sentences meted out to drug traffickers were considered too light by US officials.
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Say what you please to Tars Tarkas, he can mete out no worse fate to me than a continuation of the horrible existence we are forced to lead in this life.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
So I ask your advice how to act in this matter, and what fate I should mete out to these captives.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
Then turn John Carter over to me within ten days or yourself suffer the end that I should mete out to him were he in my power
Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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