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Phrase(s): deal someone out of something [and] deal someone out
1. Lit. to skip someone when dealing a hand of cards. • Please deal me out of the next hand. I have to go make a telephone call. • They dealt out the old lady because she would not pay attention to the game. 2. Fig. to remove someone from participation in something. • They dealt me out at the last minute. • They dealt out Fred, too.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs