serve up

phrasal verb

served up; serving up; serves up

: to give (food) to someone at a meal, in a restaurant, etc.

That little restaurant serves up some of the best Indian food in the city.

—sometimes used figuratively

The movie serves up a lot of laughs.

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Which means the city’s Downtown First Thursdays event is back to serve up a bunch of free fun from 5 to 10 p.m. on 2nd Street, between Howard and Market streets (and several adjoining alleyways). —

Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024 Scarcely 44 inches high and less than 13 feet long, the Alpine A110 is best served up in metallic French Racing Blue. —

Robert Ross, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024 The parent company of Facebook, meanwhile, likewise served up a better-than-expected profit report. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024 Five minutes later Juve took the lead after Francisco Conceicao skipped past Henrikh Mkhitaryan and served up the easiest of chances for Tim Weah. —

Adam Digby, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for serve up