deal

/dil/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle dealt /delt/) (GIVE OUT)

Definition

› to give or give out something, esp. playing cards: [I/T] Whose turn is it to deal (the cards)? [T] fig. Tonight’s defeat dealt a blow to (= damaged) her hopes of making it to the finals.

(Definition of deal v (GIVE OUT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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deaf adj
deafening adj
deal n AGREEMENT
deal n AMOUNT
deal n GIVING OUT
deal v GIVE OUT
deal v HAVE AGREEMENT
deal with someone/something phrasal verb MANAGE
deal with something phrasal verb BE ABOUT
dealer n
dealership n

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