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serve one right

serve one right

 
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serve
part of speech: phrase
definition: to be something that one deserves, esp. some type of punishment or unhappy result.
His wife left him? Well, it serves him right after the awful way he treated her.It serves her right that she got fired. She was always late and her work was poor.He's upset because he broke his phone, but it serves him right for being so careless with it.