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.

Examples of serve up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While this list includes several nationwide chains, local smoothie spots near you may be serving up special deals, too. Planet Smoothie Planet Smoothie VIP Rewards members can redeem one free 20-ounce Lunar Lemonade at Planet Smoothie on Saturday. —Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 June 2025

The indoor-outdoor eatery serves up juicy burgers, plump wings, cold beers and priceless peeks at the marina across the street. —Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025

Christmas Day saw men’s professional matches being played in England until the 1960s, serving up entertainment to workers across the country on a public holiday. —Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 18 June 2025

Anyone with a nut allergy—or possibly serving up ice cream to someone with a nut allergy—go check your Breyers. —Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 17 June 2025

Rhymes for serve up

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