dish it out
idiom
: to criticize other people
He can dish it out, but he can't take it when others do the same to him.
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Joc Pederson knows that San Francisco Giants fans can dish it out to opposing left fielders.
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Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2022
Americanists dish it out to condemn globalism.
—Nic Rowan, National Review, 29 May 2021
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Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2022
Americanists dish it out to condemn globalism.
—Nic Rowan, National Review, 29 May 2021
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“Dish it out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dish%20it%20out. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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