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dish the dirt

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dish the dirt

Sl. to spread gossip; to gossip. Let's sit down, have a drink, and dish the dirt. David goes down to the tavern to dish the dirt.

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dish the dirt

  (informal)

to tell people unpleasant or shocking personal information about someone (often + on ) Shauna agreed to dish the dirt on her millionaire ex-lover for a fee of ￡5,000. Some journalists just enjoy dishing the dirt.

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dish the dirt

Spread gossip or scandal, as in Sally was notorious for dishing the dirt. [Slang; 1920s]

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dish the dirt

tv. to spread gossip; to gossip. Let’s sit down, have a drink, and dish the dirt.

See also: dirt, dish