dish the dirt

dish the dirt
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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{v. phr.}, {slang} To gossip, to spread rumors about others. * /Stop dishing the dirt. Sally, it's really quite unbecoming!/

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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