serve sb right
informalDefinition
› If you say that something bad serves someone right, you mean that they deserve it: "He hit me!" "It serves you right. You shouldn't have been rude to him."Deserving and deserved
(Definition of serve sb right from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -worthy suffix
- birthright noun
- comeuppance noun
- deserts noun
- deserve verb
- deserved adjective
- deservedly adverb
- deserving adjective
- get your just deserts idiom
- had it coming (to you) idiom
- hard-earned adjective
- he/she deserves whatever/everything he/she gets idiom
- merit noun
- merit verb
- well earned adjective
- worthy adjective (DESERVING RESPECT)
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Deserving and deserved
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