serve

serve idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with serve, also see break someone's serve; first come, first served; hand to on a silver platter (serve up on a plate).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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