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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

On this stretch of Main Street, she also dishes out health information through a program that turns vendors into “community messengers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2023

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

Reiten's mother, herself a former player in Norway's top flight, coached her for several years and is the person who dishes out the "toughest comments".

From BBC • May 12, 2023

Lee brought dishes out and put them on the table.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck