receive one's just deserts

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• get (or receive) one's just deserts — what a person deserves with regard to reward or (more usually) punishment. → deserts …   English new terms dictionary

• get one's just deserts — To meet a deservedly unpleasant fate • • • Main Entry: ↑desert * * * get (or receive) one s just deserts receive the appropriate reward or (more usually) punishment for one s actions those who caused great torment to others rarely got their just… …   Useful english dictionary

• get one's just deserts — get what one deserves, receive one s due, get what one has earned (a punishment or a reward) …   English contemporary dictionary

• deserts — ► PLURAL NOUN (usu. in phrase get or receive one s just deserts) ▪ what a person deserves with regard to reward or punishment. ORIGIN Old French desert, from deservir serve well, deserve …   English terms dictionary

• deserts — [dɪ zə:ts] plural noun (often in phr. get (or receive) one s just deserts) what a person deserves with regard to reward or (more usually) punishment. Origin ME: via OFr. from deservir (see deserve) …   English new terms dictionary

• get what's coming (to one) —   Receive (one s) just deserts …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• just — 1 strong / dZVst/ adverb 1 exactly: Thank you. That s just what I need. | The house was large and roomy; just right for us. | She looks just like her mother. 2 only: He s not a thief, just a little boy who likes biscuits. | It ll just take a few… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• desert — desert1 desertic /di zerr tik/, adj. desertlike, adj. /dez euhrt/, n. 1. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert. 2. any area …   Universalium

• Desert (philosophy) — Desert (pronounced /dɨˈzɜrt/) in philosophy is the condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad. Contents 1 Nomenclature 2 General formula 3 Rawls and Nozick …   Wikipedia

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• conservation — conservational, adj. /kon seuhr vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights. 2. official supervision of rivers, forests, and other… …   Universalium