serve up
Idioms-
Dish out food, as in Next they served up some oysters . [First half of 1400s]
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Provide, as in He served up joke after joke, delighting his audience . [First half of 1600s] also see hand to on a silver platter .
Example Sentences
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But what will the great British weather serve up this year for Wimbledon fortnight?
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Restaurants are continuing to serve up discounts in 2026, despite the surging cost of beef over the past 12 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
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
“There’s many more shows now,” Balfe says of series that serve up romance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
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
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