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

That puts a premium on the ability of inference chips to serve up results efficiently, said Tim Breen, chief executive of GlobalFoundries, a chip manufacturer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

So, they serve up an array of the outlandish - mid-scroll, viewers stumble upon a lover's fight or a menacing standoff.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

In case you missed the memo, bowl games have increasingly turned into marketing showcases for all sorts of brands, which pay big-time sponsorship dollars for the privilege and then serve up goofy rituals galore.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Ultimately, Zuckerberg believes he needs all this computing capacity to serve up AI to the 3.5 billion people who visit at least one of Meta’s apps every day.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

The following year, as we moved toward graduation, he would invite some of us for dinners at his home, and Marcy would serve up big bowls of pasta with garlic bread.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove