What it means to serve someone?

To serve is to give someone service or present someone with something. An example of serve is when you bring someone a drink. An example of serve is when you spend a year in a committed situation, such as in the military or in prison.

What does it mean when something serves you?

Definition of (it) serves (someone) right

—used to say that someone who has behaved badly deserves a particular punishment, problem, etc. “I hear his wife is divorcing him.” “It serves him right after the way he’s treated her.””He won’t even talk to me.” ” Serves you right for lying to him.”

What does get served mean in slang?

Literally to “get served” means some agent of the state, usually a sheriff, hands you documents that someone has brought up in court against you. The most common would be something like divorce papers. So in slang, this has come to mean that you have gotten what was coming to you… some kind of payback or revenge.

What does I will serve you up mean?

: to give (food) to someone at a meal, in a restaurant, etc.

Why do people say Serves you right?

If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.

What does it mean to serve yourself?

adjective. US. 1Designating a system or arrangement (as in a self-service restaurant or shop), in which one helps oneself to food or drink, goods, etc. 2Of a restaurant, shop, etc.: in which customers serve themselves instead of being attended to by a member of staff.