serve up

Idioms  

1. Dish out food, as in Next they served up some oysters . [First half of 1400s]

2. Provide, as in He served up joke after joke, delighting his audience . [First half of 1600s] also see hand to on a silver platter .

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Example Sentences

She said the sold-out event would see dozens of diners served up a three-course meal made from rescued ingredients.

From BBC

Nobody knew the Colts would win in 1958, and the current postseason has served up a feast of thrilling finishes, including two overtimes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Waltz’s character essentially takes the place of Van Helsing, a vampire hunter who serves up lore, etiquette and preferred killing techniques for anyone in the audience unfamiliar with the ways of the monster.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, we eagerly swallow impossible fantasies served up on screens that align with our version of how we want or expect the world to be.

From Salon

Mom is serving up barbecue chicken with biscuits and beans from Chicken Tony’s Take-Out.

From Literature