hand out v.
(US) to impart information that is insincere or aiming to impress.
Fables in Sl. (1902) 28: He would have to hand out a little Guff. | ||
A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 55: The jinks held by the prosecution club last evening was a great success [...] A. Mutt is not a member of the club but he ‘crushed in’ long enough to hand out a recitation. | ||
Chicago Poems (2004) 29: I’m telling you Jesus wouldn’t stand for the stuff you’re handing out. | ‘To a Contemporary Bunkshooter’||
Hand-made Fables 53: He was a Great Hand at reading Papers to the emancipated Suffs and they would almost get what he was Handing Out. | ||
Cobbers 41: Who’s been handing you out stuff about slings? Slings be blanked. | ||
Hoops 11: Her mother came back with [...] the usual noise people be handing out when they come up short. |