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serve up

idiom

To provide; deliver; inflict; impose.


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Related idioms5entries
  1. 01

    serve notice

    To fire; to terminate one's employment or formal association.

  2. 02

    serve someone right

    To happen to someone who is thought to deserve it.

  3. 03

    serve the turn

    To suffice for one's immediate purpose or need.

  4. 04

    serve time

    To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law.

  5. 05

    serve two masters

    To take orders from two superiors or two conflicting parties.

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