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dish out

verb

  1. distribute
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verb

  1. To put (food) on to a dish ready for eating.
  2. To distribute (a thing).
  3. To distribute or deliver something.

    She can dish out criticism but she can't take it.

    Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks.

  4. To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.