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Olga55 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

dishing out for

Hello! Can't figure out who was handing out hot chocolates, Santa hats... Can't be the parents, can they? The hawkers probably?

"With parents dishing out for hot chocolate, Santa hats and Styrofoam antlers, it didn't seem a global economic crisis would keep them from spending this Christmas."

Thank you.
  

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Hi, Can't figure out who was handing out hot chocolates, Santa hats... Can't be the parents, can they? The hawkers probably?

— Clive

  • Hi, Can't figure out who was handing out hot chocolates, Santa hats...
  • Can't be the parents, can they?
  • The hawkers probably?
  • " It means the parents are providing the money to pay for these things.
  • The usual expression is 'to dish out something', meaning 'to give something', 'to hand something out'.
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Hi,
Can't figure out who was handing out hot chocolates, Santa hats... Can't be the parents, can they? The hawkers probably?

"With parents dishing out for hot chocolate, Santa hats and Styrofoam antlers, it didn't seem a global economic crisis would keep them from spending this Christmas."

It means the parents are providing the money to pay for these t
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Sounds like the parents are buying the items. Dishing out, in this context, sounds like "paying for". It also implies that they are spending a lot of money.
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Clive, Vorpar thank you.
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