dish it out
idiom
: to criticize other people
He can dish it out, but he can't take it when others do the same to him.
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Joc Pederson knows that San Francisco Giants fans can dish it out to opposing left fielders.
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Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2022
Americanists dish it out to condemn globalism.
—Nic Rowan, National Review, 29 May 2021
Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2022
Americanists dish it out to condemn globalism.
—Nic Rowan, National Review, 29 May 2021
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“Dish it out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dish%20it%20out. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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