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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These 10 Greater Cincinnati pizzerias are serving up just that.
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025
Brussels Bistro Chef Thomas Crijins has been serving up Belgian cuisine in Laguna Beach since 2004.
—Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2025
At the Fairmont Tremblant, Choux Gras Brasserie Culinaire serves up sophisticated, contemporary French cuisine and drinks with a new retro vibe.
—Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The designer has served up a couture touch with an exclusive Judith Leiber Couture Fizzoni Full-Beaded clutch in Sunny Dee’s Conch Shell Pink at $1,995, but only 50 were made to amp up the exclusivity.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025
Brussels Bistro Chef Thomas Crijins has been serving up Belgian cuisine in Laguna Beach since 2004.
—Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2025
At the Fairmont Tremblant, Choux Gras Brasserie Culinaire serves up sophisticated, contemporary French cuisine and drinks with a new retro vibe.
—Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The designer has served up a couture touch with an exclusive Judith Leiber Couture Fizzoni Full-Beaded clutch in Sunny Dee’s Conch Shell Pink at $1,995, but only 50 were made to amp up the exclusivity.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for serve up
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“Serve up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serve%20up. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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