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[Plural noun] | "just deserts"
1: the punishment that one deserves
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[ "just deserts" ]
1: That which is justly deserved. Can refer to either a punishment (more common usage) or a reward.
* e.g., ... 'After cheating on him for years, she finally received her just deserts when presented with the divorce papers.'
[ "just deserts" ]
2: Pronounced like 'desserts', the sweet course at the end of a meal, but spelled like an arid land mass, e.g. 'The Sahara and Gobi deserts are big, hot, and dry'.
* e.g., ... 'Ever patient and persistent in her struggle against the suppression of her people, she eventually got her just deserts in the form of a Nobel prize for peace.'
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[ "just desert" ]
1: An idiom for ' to get whats coming to you ' .
* e.g., ... It may appear that they're getting ahead by cheating, but they'll get their just deserts in the end.
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