deal
big deal
1 [N-SING]
If you say that something is a big deal, you mean that it is important or significant in some way. (INFORMAL)
I felt the pressure on me, winning was such a big deal for the whole family...
It's no big deal.
2 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR out of/of/about n
If someone makes a big deal out of something, they make a fuss about it or treat it as if it were very important. (INFORMAL)
The Joneses make a big deal out of being `different'.
3 [CONVENTION]
You can say `big deal' to someone to show that you are not impressed by something that they consider important or impressive. (INFORMAL)
`You'll miss The Brady Bunch.'--`Big deal.'deal out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron) to n
If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone. (WRITTEN)
...a failure to deal out effective punishment to aggressors.
= mete outdeal with
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n, V P n
When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
...the way that building societies deal with complaints...
The President said the agreement would allow other vital problems to be dealt with.
= handle
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you deal with an unpleasant emotion or an emotionally difficult situation, you recognize it, and remain calm and in control of yourself in spite of it.
She saw a psychiatrist who used hypnotism to help her deal with her fear...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If a book, speech, or film deals with a particular thing, it has that thing as its subject or is concerned with it.
...the parts of his book which deal with contemporary Paris.
4 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you deal with a particular person or organization, you have business relations with them.
When I worked in Florida I dealt with British people all the time...♦ deal1 /d'iːl/ (deal) QUANTIFIER USES
[QUANT] QUANT of n-uncount/def-n
If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
...a great deal of money...
I am in a position to save you a good deal of time.
[ADV] ADV compar, ADV after v
Deal is also an adverb.
Their lives became a good deal more comfortable...
He depended a great deal on his wife for support.
[PRON]
Deal is also a pronoun.
Although he had never met Geoffrey Hardcastle, he knew a good deal about him.♦♦♦ deal2 /d'iːl/ (deal deals dealing dealt) VERB AND NOUN USES
Please look at category 7 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.
1 [N-COUNT]
If you make a deal, do a deal, or cut a deal, you complete an agreement or an arrangement with someone, especially in business. (BUSINESS)
Japan will have to do a deal with America on rice imports...
The two sides tried and failed to come to a deal...
He was involved in shady business deals...
2 [VERB] V in n, V in n
If a person, company, or shop deals in a particular type of goods, their business involves buying or selling those goods. (BUSINESS)
They deal in antiques...
...the rights of our citizens to hold and to deal in foreign currency.
3 [VERB] V n
If someone deals illegal drugs, they sell them.
I certainly don't deal drugs.
● dealing [N-UNCOUNT] oft n N
...his involvement in drug dealing and illegal money laundering.
4 [N-COUNT] adj N
If someone has had a bad deal, they have been unfortunate or have been treated unfairly.
The people of Liverpool have had a bad deal for many, many years.
5 [VERB] V n n, V n
If you deal playing cards, you give them out to the players in a game of cards.
The croupier dealt each player a card, face down...
He once dealt cards in an illegal gambling joint.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
Deal out means the same as deal.
Dalton dealt out five cards to each player.
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If an event deals a blow to something or someone, it causes them great difficulties or makes failure more likely. (JOURNALISM)
The summer drought has dealt a heavy blow to the government's economic record...
7
a raw deal: see raw
see also dealings, wheel and dealpack|age deal (package deals)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A package deal is a set of offers or proposals which is made by a government or an organization, and which must be accepted or rejected as a whole.wheel and deal (wheels and deals wheeling and dealing wheeled and dealed)
[VERB] V
If you say that someone wheels and deals, you mean that they use a lot of different methods and contacts to achieve what they want in business or politics, often in a way which you consider dishonest.
He still wheels and deals around the globe.
● wheeling and dealing [N-UNCOUNT]
He hates the wheeling and dealing associated with conventional political life.
1 [N-SING]
If you say that something is a big deal, you mean that it is important or significant in some way. (INFORMAL)
I felt the pressure on me, winning was such a big deal for the whole family...
It's no big deal.
2 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR out of/of/about n
If someone makes a big deal out of something, they make a fuss about it or treat it as if it were very important. (INFORMAL)
The Joneses make a big deal out of being `different'.
3 [CONVENTION]
You can say `big deal' to someone to show that you are not impressed by something that they consider important or impressive. (INFORMAL)
`You'll miss The Brady Bunch.'--`Big deal.'deal out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron) to n
If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone. (WRITTEN)
...a failure to deal out effective punishment to aggressors.
= mete outdeal with
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n, V P n
When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
...the way that building societies deal with complaints...
The President said the agreement would allow other vital problems to be dealt with.
= handle
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you deal with an unpleasant emotion or an emotionally difficult situation, you recognize it, and remain calm and in control of yourself in spite of it.
She saw a psychiatrist who used hypnotism to help her deal with her fear...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If a book, speech, or film deals with a particular thing, it has that thing as its subject or is concerned with it.
...the parts of his book which deal with contemporary Paris.
4 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you deal with a particular person or organization, you have business relations with them.
When I worked in Florida I dealt with British people all the time...♦ deal1 /d'iːl/ (deal) QUANTIFIER USES
[QUANT] QUANT of n-uncount/def-n
If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
...a great deal of money...
I am in a position to save you a good deal of time.
[ADV] ADV compar, ADV after v
Deal is also an adverb.
Their lives became a good deal more comfortable...
He depended a great deal on his wife for support.
[PRON]
Deal is also a pronoun.
Although he had never met Geoffrey Hardcastle, he knew a good deal about him.♦♦♦ deal2 /d'iːl/ (deal deals dealing dealt) VERB AND NOUN USES
Please look at category 7 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.
1 [N-COUNT]
If you make a deal, do a deal, or cut a deal, you complete an agreement or an arrangement with someone, especially in business. (BUSINESS)
Japan will have to do a deal with America on rice imports...
The two sides tried and failed to come to a deal...
He was involved in shady business deals...
2 [VERB] V in n, V in n
If a person, company, or shop deals in a particular type of goods, their business involves buying or selling those goods. (BUSINESS)
They deal in antiques...
...the rights of our citizens to hold and to deal in foreign currency.
3 [VERB] V n
If someone deals illegal drugs, they sell them.
I certainly don't deal drugs.
● dealing [N-UNCOUNT] oft n N
...his involvement in drug dealing and illegal money laundering.
4 [N-COUNT] adj N
If someone has had a bad deal, they have been unfortunate or have been treated unfairly.
The people of Liverpool have had a bad deal for many, many years.
5 [VERB] V n n, V n
If you deal playing cards, you give them out to the players in a game of cards.
The croupier dealt each player a card, face down...
He once dealt cards in an illegal gambling joint.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
Deal out means the same as deal.
Dalton dealt out five cards to each player.
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If an event deals a blow to something or someone, it causes them great difficulties or makes failure more likely. (JOURNALISM)
The summer drought has dealt a heavy blow to the government's economic record...
7
a raw deal: see raw
see also dealings, wheel and dealpack|age deal (package deals)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A package deal is a set of offers or proposals which is made by a government or an organization, and which must be accepted or rejected as a whole.wheel and deal (wheels and deals wheeling and dealing wheeled and dealed)
[VERB] V
If you say that someone wheels and deals, you mean that they use a lot of different methods and contacts to achieve what they want in business or politics, often in a way which you consider dishonest.
He still wheels and deals around the globe.
● wheeling and dealing [N-UNCOUNT]
He hates the wheeling and dealing associated with conventional political life.