dish the dirt

/dɪʃ ðə dɜːrt/

verb phrase★Intermediate💡 reveal gossip◆idiom

informal

To share scandalous or unflattering information about someone.

At the reunion, everyone was busy dish the dirt on old classmates.

At the reunion, everyone was busy gossiping about former classmates.

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Usually used with 'on' or 'about' and implies a sense of excitement or titillation.

Collocations

dish the dirt onreveal gossip about (someone)dish the dirt aboutshare scandalous details concerning (someone)

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