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Dish out

verb

Administer or bestow, as in small portions. Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out. "Dole out some money" , "Shell out pocket money for the children" , "Deal a blow to someone" , "The machine dispenses soft drinks"

Provide (usually but not necessarily food). Synonyms: dish, dish up, serve, serve up. "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M." , "The entertainers served up a lively show"

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"Dish out" Quotes from Famous Books

... does the work and the man who advertises his goods is the boy who gets the fat envelopes. I'd rather go on the road to-day with a line of shoes made out of soft blotting paper, if they had good things said about them in the magazines and if flaming posters went with them than to try to dish out oak-tanned soles with prime calf uppers at half price and with a good line of palaver. It's the lad who sticks type that, when you get right down to ...

— Tales of the Road • Charles N. Crewdson

... it!" interposed Briant; "but afther all, there's no sayin'. Maybe Nikel Sling could make a tasty dish out of it stewed in ...

— The Red Eric • R.M. Ballantyne

Words linked to "Dish out" : help, ply, supply, dish, cater, reallot, assign, give, provide, portion, plank, apply