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Definition of dish verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dish

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