"dish the dirt" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-dish the dirt.ogg [Australia] Forms: dishes the dirt [present, singular, third-person], dishing the dirt [participle, present], dished the dirt [participle, past], dished the dirt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dish the dirt (third-person singular simple present dishes the dirt, present participle dishing the dirt, simple past and past participle dished the dirt)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To tell salacious gossip. Tags: idiomatic, informal

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