Definition of "dole out" []

• To distribute in small amounts. (verb)

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• "Since taking over the organization, Eugene Scott made it a point to dole out bodies just as examples of what would happen to anyone who even thought about betraying him."
• "Condemnation was for priests to dole out when members of the public succumbed to weakness."
• "Harry the fucken purser will dole out your trenchers and mugs."