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Dish out

verb

Administer or bestow, as in small portions. Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out. "Dole out some money" , "Shell out pocket money for the children" , "Deal a blow to someone" , "The machine dispenses soft drinks"

Provide (usually but not necessarily food). Synonyms: dish, dish up, serve, serve up. "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M." , "The entertainers served up a lively show"

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"Dish out" Quotes from Famous Books

... 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

... 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

Words linked to "Dish out" : provide, portion, assign, ply, plank, apply, cater, reallot, give, supply, help