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SHELL OUT

Pronunciation (US):

• SHELL OUT (verb)
The verb SHELL OUT has 1 sense:

1. administer or bestow, as in small portions

Familiarity information: SHELL OUT used as a verb is very rare.

• SHELL OUT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Administer or bestow, as in small portions

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

shell out; parcel out; mete out; dole out; distribute; dispense; dish out; deal out; lot; allot; administer; deal

Context examples:

administer critical remarks to everyone present / dole out some money / shell out pocket money for the children / deal a blow to someone

Hypernyms (to "shell out" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shell out"):

allot; assign; portion (give out or allot)

reallot (allot again)

deal (distribute to the players in a game)

apply; give (give or convey physically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

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(English proverb)
"After dark all cats are leopards."
(Native American proverb, Zuni)
"The path is made by walking."
(African proverb)
"A good dog gets a good bone."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
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