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Dish out   /dɪʃ aʊt/   Listen
verb
Dish  v. t.  (past & past part. dished; pres. part. dishing)  
1.
To put in a dish, ready for the table.
2.
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
3.
To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. (Low)
4.
To talk about (a person) in a disparaging manner; to gossip about (a person); as, the secretaries spent their break time dishing the newest employee. (slang)
To dish out.
1.
To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.
2.
(Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.
3.
to dispense freely; also used figuratively; as, to dish out punishment; to dish out abuse or insult.
To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.





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"Dish out" Quotes from Famous Books



... it!" interposed Briant; "but afther all, there's no sayin'. Maybe Nikel Sling could make a tasty dish out of it stewed in ...
— The Red Eric • R.M. Ballantyne
... given the job of making you over into spacemen. I'm your unit commander. If you're still here in the morning, I'll accept that as your answer. If you think you can't take"—he paused—"what I'm going to dish out, then you know what you can do. And if you stay, you'll be the best unit, or I'll break you in two in the attempt. Unit dis ... missed!" And ...
— Stand by for Mars! • Carey Rockwell
... the world was that it had been created for them to take their pleasure in, and who found their pleasures shortened by emptiness of purse. To them, as to their betters, the Empire was but a large dish out of which they considered that they had a right to feed themselves. They were defrauded of their proper share, and Catiline was the person who would help ...
— Caesar: A Sketch • James Anthony Froude
... as follows:—The person having some query to propound, makes a small dish out of a sal leaf and puts in it a little uncooked rice and a few pice; he then proceeds to the bhagat and lays before him the leaf and its contents, propounding at the same time his query. The bhagat then directs him to go out and gather two golaichi (varieties of ...
— Five Years Of Theosophy • Various
... oyster put in the kettle a small piece of codfish. This adds very much to its flavor and delicacy and makes a delicious dish out of what would otherwise be an almost tasteless vegetable. The codfish should, of course, be removed before sending to ...
— Favorite Dishes • Carrie V. Shuman


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