dish up

phrasal verb

dished up; dishing up; dishes up

informal

: to put (food) into a dish or dishes for serving or eating

dish up some soup

—sometimes used figuratively

The movie dishes up a wild mix of sex and violence.

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Servers dish up a banana splits big enough to feed three that cost just $5, and a pair of cheese enchiladas goes for less than $4. —

Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025 Caitlin Clark is dishing up assists in the off-season! —

Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025 Smith also holds court at one of the festival’s Signature Events, BBQ at the Beach, which dishes up Southern-style barbecue and a pit-master competition. —

Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025 The exquisite fine dining is headed by celebrity chef Bruno Serato, who dishes up a delicious selection of steaks, caviar and artistically designed desserts in a magical indoor-outdoor setting, and every square inch is spectacularly decked out during the winter holidays. —

Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dish up