dish it up
dish up
1. To distribute food into bowls or onto plates to serve to others. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dish" and "up." OK, everyone take your seats. I'm just about ready to start dishing up the stew! Please take the casserole out of the oven and start dishing it up. OK, kids, bring me your plates so I can dish up the spaghetti.
2. To create something for a lot of people to enjoy or consume. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dish" and "up." The movie studio is known for dishing up the same kinds of schlocky horror movies. You need to dish up a winning team in this city, or the fans will boo the players you do put out there. That comedian dishes up the same commentary on the mundane as everyone else out there—only, it's not funny.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.