dish out
Dole to recipients
To dish out is to serve or distribute, especially food from a common container: She dished out the stew.
The phrase extends to anything given freely or in quantity: dish out advice, dish out punishment, dish out criticism.
Someone who can dish it out but can't take it freely criticizes others but responds poorly to criticism themselves.
Trained self-control or specialty
- penalizeImpose a disadvantage for wrongdoing
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- inflictCause to be suffered
impose · administer · deliver · hand down · exact
Deep spoon for serving
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
ladle
Deep spoon for serving
portion · heap · pile · serve up · second helpings · helping · bowl
allocate
Designate for specific use
mete · ration · divvy · parcel · share · allot · split up · divide · assign · administer
scold
Rebuke harshly
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- berateCriticize severely and lengthily
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
chastise · admonish · castigate · censure · lambaste · criticize · lecture · harangue · blast · lay into
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- payingpay, payment plan, pay up, pay off, foot the bill
- expressions about providinggive and take, hand over, give away, serve up, cater to
- portioningportion, divide, share, distribute, allocate