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serves someone right

serves someone right is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 serves someone right

What is serves someone right the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Serves someone right is the third-person singular simple present indicative of serve someone right.

Words near serves someone right in the dictionary

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

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