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get one's just deserts

 and get one's just reward(s); get one's

[specified by context] to get what one deserves. I feel better now that Jane got her just deserts. She really insulted me. The criminal who was sent to prison got his just rewards. You'll get yours!

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get your just deserts

if you get your just deserts, something bad happens to you that you deserve because of something bad you have done Did you read about the burglar whose own house was broken into? He really got his just deserts.

See be just what the doctor ordered, just gay enough, be just a pretty face, Just my luck!

See also: desert, get, just