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dish up

British  

verb

  1. to serve (a meal, food, etc)

  2. informal (tr) to prepare or present, esp in an attractive manner

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In addition, it supports dozens of community kitchens that dish up more than 170,000 meals daily.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2024

Luke Humphries shakes it off to dish up on double 16.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2024

Restaurant owners from across Turkey travelled to Hatay, one of the regions worst-hit by Monday's devastating earthquake, to dish up kebabs, rice and other hot meals on Friday to disaster survivors.

From Reuters Feb. 12, 2023

At your own stove, you can dress the dish up or down to your liking, with fresh herbs or naked, with a buttery Spanish ham or the pepperoni from your child's Lunchables.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2021

Dad was stirring the soap dish up with his shaving brush, and I got close to the sink to smell the soap.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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