serve up

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.

Examples of serve up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Further south, Las Vegas isn't known for a sauna scene, but Lapis Spa & Wellness at Fontainebleau Las Vegas serves up a hydrotherapy circuit that is arguably the city's best. — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

All day long, my feed serves up a parade of pretty platforms and squishy sandals, beckoning me to part with my savings. — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 31 July 2026

With diminished stuff, Williams served up the home run that won the title, a moment immortalized this month in a statue outside Rogers Centre. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Although Zendaya served up plenty of flawless bridal looks during her press tour for 2026 film The Drama, the world will likely never see her actual wedding look. — Christopher Luu, InStyle, 31 July 2026

Rhymes for serve up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup