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serve up

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serve something up
to distribute or deliver food for people to eat. The cook served the stew up and then passed around the bread. Can you serve up the food now?
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serve up something also serve something up
to offer something The TV miniseries will be serving up five hour-long programs. Hitchcock served up a pitch that Perez hit over the fence for a home run. Filmgoers demand realism, and Lee serves it up without flash or tricks in his latest movie.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of serve up (to provide food or drink)
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Presently the bird came in and wanted to serve up the dinner, but he could nowhere see the cook.
Having premised thus much, we will now detain those who like our bill of fare no longer from their diet, and shall proceed directly to serve up the first course of our history for their entertainment.
 
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