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                           Phrase(s): ladle something out of something [and] ladle something out  to scoop something out of something with a spoon or ladle.  •  Marie ladled the last of the gravy out of the gravy boat and went to the kitchen for more.  •  She ladled out the soup.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs