measure out
Example Sentences
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He had to hurry, Lifshitz said, and measure out five new plots before the hostages got home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
Pull the other tape measure out from the other nail.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2022
And then I read the recipe one more time and measure out the ingredients.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022
Instead of wide-open runs, it invites travelers to measure out the landscape in hours, days or weeks spent on skis.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022
“Now, what I am going to have you do is measure out the flour and the baking powder and the salt—all the dry ingredients, basically,” said Betty Allen.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
