just deserts

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Kakkar has a later over-the-top turn as the elderly Alexander Iden, who gives Cade his just deserts despite her character’s conspicuous frailty.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

It felt too easy or expected or, in some ways, also too just, in a way that didn't feel like the real world, for her to get her just deserts.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024

“Belief in just deserts was negatively associated with risk perception and positively associated with human rights restrictions,” the study reads.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2022

There will be England fans who feel it is an overdue serving of just deserts.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2021

It would get its just deserts soon enough.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel