"order up" meaning in English

See order up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-order up.wav
  1. Especially at restaurants, called when someone's food order is ready to be retrieved or served. Categories (topical): Restaurants
    Sense id: en-order_up-en-intj-DwtATJck Disambiguation of Restaurants: 61 1 38

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-order up.wav Forms: orders up [present, singular, third-person], ordering up [participle, present], ordered up [participle, past], ordered up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} order up (third-person singular simple present orders up, present participle ordering up, simple past and past participle ordered up)
  1. To summon for military duty.
    Sense id: en-order_up-en-verb-nxFKepF8
  2. (transitive) To place an order for (something). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-order_up-en-verb-cTdyc4NS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 4 65 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 29 8 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 7 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 4 65

Inflected forms

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