measure out

Meaning

1. measure sth out

   to take the amount of sth that you need from a larger amount

   He measured out a cup of milk and added it to the mixture.

In the movies · 1

• Listen. Where I come from, people measure out their lives with coke spoons.Midnight in Paris2011

From the same entry

• measure against
• measure up
• measure up
• beyond measure
• for good measure
• full measure
• in full measure
• get the measure of
• in no small measure
• made to measure
• in large part