doling out
Handing out portions
Doling out is distributing something in small, measured portions, often grudgingly or with careful control: The government was doling out emergency rations, She doled out compliments sparingly.
The phrase suggests the giver has limited supplies or limited generosity—you dole out what you don't want to give freely.
- distributingApportioning among recipients
- parcelingDividing into shares
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- handing overTransferring control or possession
- dispensingGiving out portions
allotting · sharing · passing around · portioning · dividing · measuring · serving · ladling · scooping · meager · scarce · bread crumbs · spare change · charity · soup kitchen · food bank · welfare · allowance
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, divvying up
- dispensingpouring, serving, distributing, rationing, allocating
- delegationdelegating, assigning, entrusting, tasking, handing off
doling outlavishing
Giving extravagantly
pouring out · splurging · showering · showering with · heaping
doling outhoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
withholding · collecting · accumulating · amassing · stockpiling