dish out

Example Sentences

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The VAR will start checking the tackle but there will not be any communication with the referee until he has dished out a card.

From BBC

“It gets harder every time we play them because they know our tendencies,” said Missouri-bound setter Lucky Fasavalu, who dished out 44 assists.

From Los Angeles Times

This gave way to ever-more-sophisticated accounting and management strategies that employed metrics for the depreciation of slave worker value and the dishing out of incentives—both rewards and punishments—for their performance.

From The Wall Street Journal

European captain Luke Donald dished out virtual reality headsets, which could be programmed with all manner of abuse, to his players.

From BBC

Or help his creditors recover what is left of their money by taking on a loss-making steel plant for however long it takes for a buyer to be found and the sale proceeds dished out.

From BBC