< Also see deal in, def. 3.
deal someone out. Exclude someone, as in I don’t have time for this project, so deal me out. This usage is the opposite of deal in, def. 3.
In addition to the idioms beginning with deal
- deal in
- deal out
- deal with
also see:
- big deal
- close the sale (deal)
- cut a deal
- done deal
- good deal
- make a federal case (big deal)
- no deal
- raw deal
- square deal
- sweeten the kitty (deal)
- wheel and deal