serve up (something)

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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• are something all over
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• Are you a man or a mouse?
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