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Definition of dish verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

dish

 verb
verb
NAmE//dɪʃ//
 
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dish
 
 he / she / it dishes
 
 past simple dished
 
 -ing form dishing
 
 
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Idioms
dish the dirt (on somebody) (informal)
 
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to tell people unkind or unpleasant things about someone, especially about their private life She loves to dish the dirt on her sisters.
dish it out (disapproving)
 
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to criticize other people He enjoys dishing it out, but he really can't take it (= cannot accept criticism from other people). Phrasal Verbsdish outdish up
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