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 figurativelyThe movie serves up a lot of laughs.
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Perhaps Cole thought Devers was due since his eight homers off the Cy Young Award winner are his most against any pitcher and the most by a wide margin ahead of the three apiece served up Chris Bassitt and Jorge Lopez in a much smaller sample size of 14 and six at-bats respectively.
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
First, Trump served up an incomprehensible screed about Democrats supporting abortions after birth and insisted, repeatedly, that absolutely everyone in America was in favor of getting rid of Roe.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
The latest: Known for serving up some of Portland's best seafood on the corner of SE Clinton and 21st Avenue, Jacqueline will soon live in the former La Moule space.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
Just this week the writing on the wall told AMC to voluntarily serve up its core streaming service, AMC+, to all of Charter’s Spectrum TV customers — for free.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
First, Trump served up an incomprehensible screed about Democrats supporting abortions after birth and insisted, repeatedly, that absolutely everyone in America was in favor of getting rid of Roe.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
The latest: Known for serving up some of Portland's best seafood on the corner of SE Clinton and 21st Avenue, Jacqueline will soon live in the former La Moule space.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
Just this week the writing on the wall told AMC to voluntarily serve up its core streaming service, AMC+, to all of Charter’s Spectrum TV customers — for free.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Serve up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serve%20up. Accessed 23 Sep. 2024.
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