dish sth out
informal— phrasal verb with dish uk/dɪʃ/us/dɪʃ/verb
to give or say things to people without thinking about them carefully:
A good doctor listens to the patient rather than just dishing out drugs.
He's very keen to dish out criticism.
He’s mad at me for teasing him – he can dish it out, but he can’t take it!
to give or serve food to people:
Jon, could you dish the carrots out for me, please?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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