to dish out
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3.4
- phrasal verb
- /dɪʃ aʊt/
- Informal
:
repartir
- The teacher decided to dish out extra assignments after noticing the students weren’t paying attention.
- dished out meals
- dish out food
- dish out advice
Yeah, well, if it was worth it, I'll bet it was worth it to dish out some love to the, you know, local haters.
- Yeah, well, if it was worth it, I'll bet it was worth it to dish out some love to the, you know, local haters.
- I'm going to try and I'm going to dish out some reality here, but come on, you keep going.
- And he enjoyed dishing out pain and destruction and evil to his two children.
- So I, I grew up in Saint Louis and we just, we have accepted the, the unfairness that the police dish out to us.
- He can also dish out some brutal and hilarious and far too intellectual a takedowns of far left progressives.
- What that what selection dishes out to a person.
- If it was the case that they could also handle whatever we dished out to that, we could be brutally honest with them.
- If it was the case that they could also handle whatever we dished out too, that we could be brutally honest with them.
- I can't, I can't dish out I, I can't tell you how to do that, but being afraid to question what you think is I don't think it's particularly warranted.
Examples
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At the party, she always knows how to dish out compliments that make people feel special.
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The kind of justice you dish out can darken your soul.
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- I can take anything you dish out.
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I can totally handle anything this baby can dish out.
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If you can dish it out, I can take it!
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She can dish it out, guys.
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Just as Mama was dishing out the pizza, someone knocked on the door.
Fiction book (1995) -
Today, MediaMind is dishing out the figures to show just how impactful it can be.
Blog text (14) -
Monday nights, the Salvation Army dished out chili at the shelter in the old armory.
Fiction book (1995) -
The chef is ready to dish out portions of the delicious stew to everyone at the table.
Synonyms
165
1.8
To give something to people in a group
143
2.3
To hand things to several people
130
4.8
Give something like medicine or a test, often in a formal way
87
2.0
Give things to several people or places
68
2.7
To give things to people in a group, like papers or drinks
38
2.5
To serve food to people
34
1.4
To give food or drink to people
34
4.0
To give small amounts of something to several people over time
33
3.7
To give a part of something to someone for a specific use
19
3.7
To give medicine or other things to people at a pharmacy
10
4.2
Share things or money between several people
5
7.9
To give out punishment or justice to someone in a controlled way
3
3.2
To give things to several people, often one by one, like cards
3
4.8
To divide something into parts and give each part to different people
1
3.4
To divide something into parts and give each part to different people
Antonyms
How Generous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to give or distribute' is directly derivable from combining 'dish' (to serve or hand out portions) with the particle 'out' (indicating outward distribution). The extension to non-food items like criticism is a predictable metaphorical use of ‘serving out’ something, and the verb+particle composition is a common, transparent pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can grasp.
Etymology
Dish out may come from serving food: imagine someone holding a dish and putting food out onto plates for each person. That's why it now means 'to give' things in parts, like meals, advice, or criticism.