Dishing in line

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>Here in central Ohio people use the term "dish" to describe the act of
>stepping in front of someone in line without their permission.

This looks like a version of the venerable "dish" =
"cheat"/"frustrate"/"overcome"/"circumvent". This is/was generally
transitive. OED has it from 1798. This was apparently common in late 19th
Century UK politics ("dishing the Whigs", 1867; "the Whigs had been
dished", 1899). American slang dictionaries show this verb too. Maybe just
a coincidence, though.

-- Doug Wilson