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

On the men’s side, Frances Tiafoe and fellow American Alex Michelsen are first, with Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz serving up a tantalizing final match of the day. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Sunlit suites feature perks like rainfall showers, reading nooks, and smart Loftie alarm clocks while its in-house cafe serves up superfood smoothies and grain bowls for health-conscious travelers. — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 7 Sep. 2026

For a nominal sum, the paper each day serves up authoritative accounts of sports events that occurred as much as a day earlier, give or take. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

They’ll be served up with fresh asparagus and a couple of large taters slathered with butter, sour cream and chives. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for serve up

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