Meaning of order up | Babel Free

Definitions

Especially at restaurants, called when someone's food order is ready to be retrieved or served.

Examples

“"Order up." She snatched another order ticket from the pickup window and shouted to the women in the kitchen. "Three pigs on a bun! Two fries!"”

““Order up!” yelled Carlos from the kitchen.”

“A number of mechanisms have been devised to notify waitstaff that food is ready in the kitchen, ranging from a cook's shouting “Order up!” to bells, numbered lights on the wall, and, most recently, pagers.”

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