dishing out

Verb

dish out (third-person singular simple present dishes out, present participle dishing out, simple past and past participle dished out)

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

   Synonyms:

   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.

   Synonyms:

   dish up, serve, give out