dish out

Example Sentences

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Traffic to fast-food chains began to fall in 2024, prompting McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Burger King and other companies to dish out more deals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

But they have now added strong away performances to their armoury, with a solid defensive display on Tuesday allowing Jens Petter Hauge and Hakon Evjen to dish out two sucker punches.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

For all the money they’ve kicked down the road, after all, they’ve also needed to dish out large sums to players up front.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025

Brighton were given a lesson in counter-attacking football against West Ham last week but recovered well enough from that loss to dish out a formidable display of their own against Newcastle.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023

There were stories of big, burly men coming into town in Rolls Royces to sell as many Rolex watches as they could dish out.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger