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one's just deserts

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

  • just deserts —  Not desserts. The expression has nothing to do with the sweet course after dinner. It comes from the French for deserve, which may help you to remember that it has just one middle s. Juvenal. (c. 60–c. 140) Roman poet; full name Decimus Junius… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • just deserts —    not desserts. The expression has nothing to do with the sweet course after dinner. It comes from the French for deserve, which may help you to remember that it has just one middle s …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 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 — n. reward punishment to get one s just deserts * * * [ reward ] [ punishment ] to get one s just deserts …   Combinatory 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

  • 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

  • just — just1 W1S1 [dʒəst strong dʒʌst] adv 1.) exactly ▪ A good strong cup of coffee is just what I need right now. ▪ The house was large and roomy; just right for us. ▪ She looks just like her mother. ▪ Just what do you think you re trying to do? just… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • just — I [[t]ʤʌ̱st[/t]] ADVERB USES ♦ (Please look at category 25 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADV: ADV before v You use just to say that something happened a very short time ago, or is starting to… …   English dictionary

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