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 figurativelyThe movie dishes up a wild mix of sex and violence.
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To start 2024, Oreo dished up two new permanent products, Oreo Gluten-Free Golden cookies and Oreo Peanut Butter Cakesters, and limited-edition Oreo Black & White cookies.
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Food vendors dish up holiday favorites and Puerto Rican classics (try coquito, Puerto Rico’s answer to eggnog), and musicians play live sets.
—Discover Puerto Rico, AFAR Media, 20 Dec. 2024
Chalk the expectations of the dish up to a misunderstanding of semantics.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2024
Or, while cruising, take a lap around the dining room to identify simple options before dishing up.
—Sarah Garone, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Food vendors dish up holiday favorites and Puerto Rican classics (try coquito, Puerto Rico’s answer to eggnog), and musicians play live sets.
—Discover Puerto Rico, AFAR Media, 20 Dec. 2024
Chalk the expectations of the dish up to a misunderstanding of semantics.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2024
Or, while cruising, take a lap around the dining room to identify simple options before dishing up.
—Sarah Garone, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Dish up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dish%20up. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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