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the devil takes care of his own

the devil takes care of his own is the alternative form of the devil looks after his own.

Meaning of the devil looks after his own

Phrase

the devil looks after his own

  1. Bad people often prosper unfairly, because the devil helps them.
    • On earth, lawyers rarely come to harm because the devil looks after his own.2013, Adamu Kyuka Usman Lilymjok, The Mad Professor of Babeldu, page 489

Questions about the devil takes care of his own

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The devil takes care of his own is the alternative form of the devil looks after his own.

Words near the devil takes care of his own in the dictionary

  1. the devil is in the detail
  2. the devil is in the details
  3. the devil looks after his own
  4. the devil makes work for idle hands
  5. the devil take the hindmost
  6. the devil takes care of his own
  7. the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know
  8. the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready
  9. the devil we know is better than the devil we don't
  10. the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know
  11. the devil you know

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