serve someone right (English, verb)
expansion: serve someone right (third-person singular simple present serves someone right, present participle serving someone right, simple past and past participle served someone right)
Senses:
glosses: To happen to someone who is thought to deserve it.
tags: idiomatic
raw_tags: of an unpleasant event
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see serve, right.
Forms:
form: serves someone right
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: serving someone right
tags: participle
present
form: served someone right
tags: participle
past
form: served someone right
tags: past