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

Best mates at Bournemouth, midfielders Ryan Christie and Lewis Cook run the rule over various sporting and social controversies - but will they dish out a booking or brandish a straight red?

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024

It is true that traffic officers dish out the most tickets to drivers parked in street sweeping zones.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2023

But they did believe that what they’d learned from the other island invasions had prepared them for anything our enemies could dish out.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac