dish up
Britishverb
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to serve (a meal, food, etc)
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informal (tr) to prepare or present, esp in an attractive manner
Example Sentences
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Residents in south London have been learning how to use a slow cooker to dish up healthy meals on a budget for their families.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025
In addition, it supports dozens of community kitchens that dish up more than 170,000 meals daily.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 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
The central ingredient in “You Are Ketchup,” the terrific new memoir-slash-career-guide by D.C. rap mainstay Kokayi, is tough love, which he’s more than happy to dish up in person, too.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2022
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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