1.
If you dish out something, you distribute it among a number of people. ( INFORMAL )
Doctors, not pharmacists, are responsible for dishing out drugs...
The council wants to dish the money out to specific projects.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P
2.
If someone dishes out criticism or punishment, they give it to someone. ( INFORMAL )
Linzi is well qualified to dish out advice.
= dish up
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P
3.
If you dish out food, you serve it to people at the beginning of each course of a meal. ( INFORMAL )
Here in the dining hall the cooks dish out chicken à la king.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n