dishing out
Handing out portions
Dishing out means serving or distributing, often generously or aggressively.
The image is of ladling food from a communal dish: She was dishing out soup at the shelter.
Extended uses emphasize quantity or force: He can dish it out but he can't take it suggests someone who criticizes freely but resents criticism.
You dish out advice, punishment, abuse, or compliments.
- dolingDispensing in limited portions
- dispensingGiving out portions
- distributingApportioning among recipients
- servingMeasured food portion
- giving awayTransferring without payment
portioning · plate · scolding · tongue lashing · harsh words · giving grief · administering · allocation · ladling · handing · gossip · revenge · payback · criticism · insults · punishment · just desserts · heaping
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, divvying up
- assistspass, dime, feed, helper, hockey assist
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
dishing outhoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
holding back · accumulating · amassing · stockpiling · keeping
dishing outtaking in
Receiving into oneself
receiving · accepting · getting · collecting · taking
dishing outwithholding
Keeping from another
holding back · keeping back · reserving · rationing · stinting
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