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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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The supposedly brilliant advice Baranov dishes out seems more like standard-issue punditry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Daow Coombes owns a food truck which usually dishes out 200 hot Thai meals to students every day.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

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

Lee brought dishes out and put them on the table.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck