serve someone right

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serve someone right (third-person singular simple present serves someone right, present participle serving someone right, simple past and past participle served someone right)

  1. (idiomatic, of an unpleasant event) To happen to someone who is thought to deserve it.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see serve,‎ right.
    If my memory serves me right, we had a similar discussion a few months ago.

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