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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

Example Sentences

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At Spring, she fashioned discount dishes out of such items as potato skins that otherwise would go to waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

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

Indeed, Jokic keeps doing Jokic-type things: posting triple-doubles galore as he dishes out jaw-dropping, no-look passes.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Okuno dishes out the heebie-jeebies with ruthless precision — watching is like being on a roller-coaster incline and seeing the tracks ahead splinter.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Mom dishes out cobbler for each of us.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson