dish out

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dish out

verb dishes out · dishing out · dished out

  1. transitive To put (food) on to a dish ready for eating.
  2. transitive To distribute (a thing).

    Similar: distribute, give out, hand out, hand round, pass out, pass round

  3. figuratively, transitive To distribute or deliver something. She can dish out criticism but she can't take it.
  4. transitive To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.

    Similar: dish up, serve, give out

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verb to put (food) on to a dish

Españolemplatar
中文装 zhuāng, 盛 chéng

verb to distribute

日本語取り分ける toriwakeru
Românădistribui

verb figuratively

日本語配る kubaru, 与える ataeru
Românăîmpărți

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@misc{dish_out_2026,
  title = {dish out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dish%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}