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plate up

British  

verb

  1. to put food on a plate, ready for serving

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Also consider one-pot meals such as paella or pasta dishes that are convenient to plate up.

From Seattle Times Jun. 4, 2024

I just want to pile my plate up with so many things that it all falls off - that will make me so happy.

From BBC Nov. 13, 2022

And so I want to be in a position where it doesn’t matter how I heat my griddle plate up, I just need it to get hot so I can cook food.

From The Verge Jul. 20, 2021

“I felt good physically but just leaving the ball over the plate, up in the zone, and they made me pay for it.”

From Washington Post Jul. 27, 2019

One little boy picked his plate up, folded it in half, and slammed it as hard as he could into the bag.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

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