Definitions

dish out

VERB

distribute

Synonyms

WEAK

allocate deliver dispense dole out fork over furnish give out hand hand out hand over inflict ladle mete out present produce scoop serve serve up spoon supply transfer turn over

Antonyms

WEAK

take

Example Sentences

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But I’d take whatever those people needed to dish out, because I was going to do the right thing.

From Literature

In the kitchen, her mom dished out two big bowls of ice cream and insisted that they eat up every last drop.

From Literature

Or was it a food stall dishing out free grub?

From BBC

Certain provinces are also dishing out their own baby bonuses, including additional payouts and extended maternity leave.

From BBC

If what I was dishing out was considered witty, then these dunderheads must spend all their live-long days under a rock.

From Literature