dish out

Found in thesaurus: give, provide, ply, cater, supply

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dish out
distribute in portions

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dish out

Verb
1. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"
(synonym) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, allot, dole out
(hypernym) give
(hyponym) assign, allot, portion
2. provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show"
(synonym) serve, serve up, dish up, dish
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(hyponym) plank
(verb-group) serve, help


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dish out
treat or criticize roughly He likes to dish out criticism to others but he doesn`t like to hear criticism about himself.

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dish out
Synonyms and related words:
accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bail, bestow, bestow on, bucket, communicate, confer, cup, deal, deal out, decant, deliver, dip, dish, dish up, dispense, dole, dole out, donate, extend, fork, fork out, furnish, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give out, grant, hand, hand out, hand over, heap, help to, impart, issue, ladle, lavish, let have, mete, mete out, offer, pour, present, proffer, provide, rain, render, scoop, serve, shell out, shovel, shower, slip, snow, spade, spoon, supply, tender, transfer, turn over, vouchsafe, yield
  

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DISH OUT
DISTRIBUIRE