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served someone right

served someone right is the simple past and past participle of serve someone right.

Meaning of serve someone right

Verb

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.
    • What, now he wishes he hadn't voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party? Serves him right!
  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.

Questions about served someone right

What is served someone right the simple past and past participle of?
Served someone right is the simple past and past participle of serve someone right.

Words near served someone right in the dictionary

  1. served cunt
  2. served notice
  3. served one's time
  4. served out
  5. served someone a trick
  6. served someone right
  7. served someone with the same sauce
  8. served the time
  9. served the turn
  10. served time
  11. served two masters

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