mete sth out
formal— phrasal verb with mete uk/miːt/us/miːt/verb present participle meting, past tense and past participle meted
to give or order a punishment or make someone receive cruel or unfair treatment:
In the past, schoolteachers regularly meted out physical punishment to their pupils.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- put sb through sth
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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