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parcel out
Idioms and Phrases
Divide into parts and distribute, as in She parceled out the remaining candy among the children . This idiom uses parcel in the sense of “divide into small portions.” [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
The following three seasons will be released in six-month intervals, so parcel out the episodes now.
The kings of the old world endeavored to parcel out this land to their favorites.
Then Mrs. Hartwell-Jones took a small parcel out of her work-bag.
He would die, and they would parcel out all his possessions.
They wanted to parcel out a big contest for a name for mankind's second planet.
He is not like us: we adapt ourselves: but these people parcel out their time as if they were in a trade, don't you know?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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