1.
If you ~ 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 ~ advice.
= dish up
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
3.
If you ~ food, you serve it to people at the beginning of each course of a meal. (INFORMAL)
Here in the dining hall the cooks ~ chicken a la king.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n