My game is fine, but I'll need to serve better against him.

That was why they had served against the angled fire.

In this case the umbrella served as a defense against rain rather than sun.

Brown served the suspension in last night's game against Sacramento.

They could also serve as "armor" against any form of opposition.

This letter served me as a shield against my weakness.

It would serve quite well against any opponent who wasn't wearing enough body armor to stop the point.

The book served as one of the pieces of evidence against them.

He was forced to serve a one half game suspension against Baylor.

Since 1592 he served in the imperial army against Turks.