You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 1.

Letter Writing Day

Today’s word is dish, spelled d-i-s-h.

dish /dɪʃ/ verb

informal to give a lot of information about something or someone, especially something that would usually be secret or private

She’s ready to dish on boys, beauty, and break-ups in her new column.

She agreed to dish the dirt on her ex-husband for a large fee.

dish something ↔ out phrasal verb

to give something to various people in a careless way

Paul tends to dish out unwanted advice.

A good doctor listens to the patient rather than just dishing out drugs.

He's very keen to dish out criticism.

dish it out idiom

to criticize other people

He can dish it out, but he can't take it when others do the same to him.

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