dish out


verbinformal
  1. (tr, adverb) to distribute

  2. dish it out to inflict punishment: he can't take it, but he can sure dish it out

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How to use dish out in a sentence

  • They will make a dish out of almost any of the herbs of the field, or of birds, beasts, or creeping things.

    Fred Markham in Russia | W. H. G. Kingston
  • Know how to make up a dish out of what was left over from the meals of the day before.

Other Idioms and Phrases with dish out

dish out

Deal out, dispense, as in He dishes out advice to one and all. This expression alludes to serving food from a dish. ] Colloquial; first half of 1600s]

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