dish out
verb
dished out; dishing out; dishes out
: to give or dispense freely
dish out gifts
dish out advice
dish out punishment
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Achiuwa matched his season high with 29 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and dished out a season-high five assists in a 133-123 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Netflix is dishing out a second serving of A24‘s Beef, teasing a first look at the sophomore season of Lee Sung Jin‘s anthology.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
That means there’s no better time to dish out some camp superlatives from the first half of games.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Cade Cunningham dished out 14 assists but scored only 10 on 4-of-16 shooting for Detroit.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Netflix is dishing out a second serving of A24‘s Beef, teasing a first look at the sophomore season of Lee Sung Jin‘s anthology.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
That means there’s no better time to dish out some camp superlatives from the first half of games.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Cade Cunningham dished out 14 assists but scored only 10 on 4-of-16 shooting for Detroit.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Dish out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dish%20out. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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