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

Schools will be able to dish out $20 million to athletes.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024

Mel's intervention with Caspar definitely seems to have helped the couple, but Dr Lee cautions that the advice the experts dish out is often too short-term for it to have a lasting impact.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

That was ’zactly the kind of corn Ma would dish out.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis