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    Idiom: Serve Someone Right

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    serve someone right 

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    To happen to someone who is thought to deserve it.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see serve,‎ right.

    Example: "If my memory serves me right, we had a similar discussion a few months ago."

    A-Z Proximities

    • send to dorse
    • send word
    • sense of craft
    • separate the wheat from the chaff
    • serve notice
    • serve someone right
    • serve time
    • serve two masters
    • serve up
    • set a spell
    • set back

    Similar Idioms

    • serve someone right
    • in the right place at the right time
    • serve notice
    • serve time
    • serve two masters
    • serve up
    • come right
    • damn right
    • do right by
    • go horribly right
    • have one's heart in the right place
    • in a right state
    • in one's right mind
    • Miss Right
    • Mister Right
    • price is right
    • right away
    • right of Genghis Khan
    • right on
    • she'll be right

    Similar Phrases

    • break of serve
    • first-come-first-serve
    • serve up
    • serve well
    • break someone's heart
    • in someone's way
    • pull someone's leg
    • pull the wool over someone's eyes
    • sell someone out
    • take someone's side
    • in his own right
    • right along
    • by right of office
    • right of search
    • right of way
    • right prism
    • right whale
    • civil right
    • conjugal right
    • conjugal visitation right
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