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doles out

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Once there is any kind of crisis, he doles out little pieces of policy daily.

Dalio doles out life advice and investment returns in equal measure.

He occasionally doles out a little praise, but usually shows himself a spendthrift in censure and abuse.

When the husband questions every turn, every move, and doles out every cent, the wife feels like a prisoner or a slave.

But the young Tausig gives him unlimited cares, and "devours my biscuits, which my wife doles out grudgingly even to me."

And a million and a half of idle men asking for bread in England, and no bread for them except such as charity doles out.

They tell me he's got some of that down cellar that he doles out occasional to his very particular friends.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to doles out, such as: administer, allot, apportion, assign, deal, and dispense.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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