Idiom
serve someone right
Meaning
To happen to someone who is thought to deserve it.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He cheated on the test, so it serves him right.”
“She ignored all the safety warnings and got hurt, which really serves her right.”
“After he spent years sabotaging his colleagues to get ahead, his sudden dismissal served him right in the eyes of the entire department.”
Examples
simple
“He cheated on the test, so it serves him right.”
contextual
“She ignored all the safety warnings and got hurt, which really serves her right.”
complex
“After he spent years sabotaging his colleagues to get ahead, his sudden dismissal served him right in the eyes of the entire department.”
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