- 1[intransitive, transitive] to give cards to each player in a game of cards Whose turn is it to deal? deal (something) (out) (to somebody) Start by dealing out ten cards to each player. deal somebody something He dealt me two aces.
drugs - 2[intransitive, transitive] deal (something) to buy and sell illegal drugs You can often see people dealing openly on the streets.
- 1to be very shocking or harmful to someone or something Her sudden death dealt a blow to the whole country.
- 2to hit someone or something
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Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they deal he / she / it deals
past simple dealt
-ing form dealing
(usually used in the progressive tenses) to do a lot of complicated deals in business or politics, often in a dishonest way Phrasal Verbsdeal indeal outdeal with
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