serve up | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive)To present (food or drink) to those who will consume it; toserve.Sheserves uppizza at nights.1842, Gibbons Merle, John Reitch,The Domestic Dictionary and Housekeeper's Manual, page87:let these remain upon a slow fire until they are well set, then break over them seven or eight eggs, as for poaching, and add salt and pepper; cook gently until the yolks are set, but not hard, brown with a salamander, andserve up.; (transitive,idiomatic)Toprovide;deliver;inflict;impose.The cloud storage providerserves upserver space.Kyleserves upheroin in northside.I have a plan toserve uprevenge on those who wronged me.Mr. Perry is going toserve upan improvement plan that comes from the suits upstairs.2009, Bryan O'Sullivan,Mercurial: The Definitive Guide,→ISBN, page85:Run hg serve inside a repository, and in under a second it will bring up a specialized HTTP server; this will accept connections from any client, andserve updata for that repository until you terminate it.2005, Nicole Beland,Girls Seek Bliss: Zen and the Art of Modern Life Maintenance:It's inevitable that anything that provides us with such incredible amounts of pleasure and satisfaction is bound toserve upan equal amount of stress.; (transitive,sports)Topitch,throw,serve, orkicka ball to an opponent so that it is easily hit or intercepted.He thought he was about to score, but heserveditupto the other team.1946September 13, Lee A Gould, “Princeton 17, Pennsylvania 14”, inPrinceton Alumni Weekly, volume47:Westserved upanother fungo pass which Ulrichs flagrantly stole from Minisi on the 4.2007, Bryan Tsao, Carolina Bolado, Joe Distelheim,The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2008,→ISBN, page172:Livan Hernandez each allowed a major league-high 34 home runs; they were among the 605 different pitchers whoserved uplong balls in 2007.2012April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:Messi was caught in possession by Frank Lampard, who released Ramires, and the reliable Brazilianserved upthe perfect cross for Drogba to sweep a left-footed finish past Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes.

Examples:

EN: And now she'll serve up her hat.
ES: Y te sirve de sombrero.
EN: - Thank you. Can I serve up now?
ES: ¿Puedo servir ya?
EN: Al, serve up a nice, creamy strawberry jigger.
ES: Al, ponme un cremoso jigger de fresa.
EN: Al, serve up a nice, creamy double strawberry jigger, on me.
ES: Sírvele un cremoso jigger de fresa doble a mi cuenta.
EN: --to a lovely little café where they serve up the best coffee... ... andguitarmusicinthewhole city.
ES: ...a una cafetería encantadora donde tienen el mejor café y la mejor música de guitarra de toda la ciudad.
EN: But they serve up hope.
ES: Pero sirven esperanza.
EN: You're gonna serve up nothing but rainbows and moonbeams.
ES: Tu dedícate a dar solamente arco irises y rayos de luna
EN: Once I have a sister in a Madrid café who serve up a meal like this!
ES: Tuve una hermana en un bar de Madrid que servía esto.
EN: But when the morning guest arrives, They serve up breakfast gladly!
ES: ¡Pero cuando llegan los invitados mañaneros sirven desayuno alegremente!
EN: - They serve up breakfast gladly!
ES: - ¡Sirven desayuno alegremente!
EN: "God created the peanut so you could serve up Suavilor, "the ultra-pure oil, lighter than an angel's feather. "With Suavilor, prepare simple and easy-to-digest meals.
ES: Dios creó el maní, para que Ud. pueda pueda poner Suavilor sobre su mesa, el aceite ultra-puro, más liviano que una pluma de ángel, y con el cual Ud. preparará platos fáciles de digerir.
EN: Let's just serve up the pie.
ES: Mejor sirvamos el pastel.
EN: What else could I serve up?
ES: -¿Qué otra cosa puedo hacer?
EN: We serve up wars and disasters like mealtime snacks.
ES: Nos burlamos, cotorreamos, halagamos.
EN: A bored husband, fed up with leftovers in the bedroom as well as the kitchen, starts eyeing the cute little pastry tart next door who's only too happy to serve up a little dessert.
ES: Un marido aburrido, harto de sobras en el dormitorio, así como la cocina, comienza mirando la pequeña tarta de pastelería lindo de al lado que solo es demasiado feliz para servir un poco de postre.

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