dishes 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

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dishes out

Ground yourself with some compassion: Slate senior editor Tony Ho Tran takes a spin as Prudie and dishes out some exceptionally heartfelt advice.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

The tough love that Pochettino dishes out is all he has ever known.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

The latter dishes out some of the funniest one-liners when the writers poke fun at his extreme loneliness working in isolation and the imaginary friends he’s built to cope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024

We pulled the clean, hot dishes out of the machine and stacked them to be used again.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2024

I can hear them pulling dishes out of the cupboard and setting the table.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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