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.

Examples of dish it out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Joc Pederson knows that San Francisco Giants fans can dish it out to opposing left fielders. 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 31 Oct. 2024.

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