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serve up

VERB
dish out
Synonyms
WEAK
allocate deliver dispense dole out fork over furnish give out hand hand out hand over inflict ladle mete out present produce scoop serve spoon supply transfer turn over
Antonyms
WEAK
take

Example Sentences

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He tried to serve up his own twist on the turkey Christmas dinner - but found it wasn't very popular.

From BBC

And the College Football Playoff, full of the wrong teams, is serving up nothing but blowouts.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” his riotous narrative inspired by his boyhood yuletides in the 1920s, Dylan Thomas serves up a dissenting version of the holiday as a merry mess.

From The Wall Street Journal

She could serve up to five years in jail but is likely to get a milder sentence.

From The Wall Street Journal

If he’s serving up the trash, then call me a raccoon, because I’m ready to dive in.

From Los Angeles Times

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.