dish out

Example Sentences

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Traffic to fast-food chains began to fall in 2024, prompting McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Burger King and other companies to dish out more deals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

But they have now added strong away performances to their armoury, with a solid defensive display on Tuesday allowing Jens Petter Hauge and Hakon Evjen to dish out two sucker punches.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

He could dish out compliments, but he was often too insecure to take them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

Mel's intervention with Caspar definitely seems to have helped the couple, but Dr Lee cautions that the advice the experts dish out is often too short-term for it to have a lasting impact.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

Common-law prisoners were used to dish out the food to us and we would return to our cells to eat it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela